Nell Jackson Atkinson, 85, of 121 Hummingbird Ridge, Swansgate, died Friday, Nov. 11, 2005.
Born in Baskerville, Va., on Dec. 29, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Julian Archer and Nannie Betts Jackson.
Mrs. Atkinson was a former school teacher, worked with her husband, and was a homemaker. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, volunteered with Meals on Wheels and a local nursing home, and graduated from Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1941.
Her husband was the late Charles Vincent Atkinson.
Surviving are a daughter, Valerie Atkinson Mountcastle and her husband, William, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; two sons, Julian Carlyle Atkinson and his wife, Donna, of Hampton, Va., and Vincent Betts Atkinson and his wife, Cheryl, of Seneca, S.C.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. in Greenville Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Kelli Taylor and Rev. Mike Cox officiating. The family will receive friends at the cemetery prior to the service, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon St., Greenville, 29605; or to the Salvation Army, 417 Rutherford St., Greenville, 29609.
The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive.
Published in The Greenville News: 11-12-2005
Born in Baskerville, Va., on Dec. 29, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Julian Archer and Nannie Betts Jackson.
Mrs. Atkinson was a former school teacher, worked with her husband, and was a homemaker. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, volunteered with Meals on Wheels and a local nursing home, and graduated from Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1941.
Her husband was the late Charles Vincent Atkinson.
Surviving are a daughter, Valerie Atkinson Mountcastle and her husband, William, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; two sons, Julian Carlyle Atkinson and his wife, Donna, of Hampton, Va., and Vincent Betts Atkinson and his wife, Cheryl, of Seneca, S.C.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. in Greenville Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Kelli Taylor and Rev. Mike Cox officiating. The family will receive friends at the cemetery prior to the service, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon St., Greenville, 29605; or to the Salvation Army, 417 Rutherford St., Greenville, 29609.
The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive.
Published in The Greenville News: 11-12-2005
Nell Jackson Atkinson, 85, of 121 Hummingbird Ridge, Swansgate, died Friday, Nov. 11, 2005.
Born in Baskerville, Va., on Dec. 29, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Julian Archer and Nannie Betts Jackson.
Mrs. Atkinson was a former school teacher, worked with her husband, and was a homemaker. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, volunteered with Meals on Wheels and a local nursing home, and graduated from Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1941.
Her husband was the late Charles Vincent Atkinson.
Surviving are a daughter, Valerie Atkinson Mountcastle and her husband, William, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; two sons, Julian Carlyle Atkinson and his wife, Donna, of Hampton, Va., and Vincent Betts Atkinson and his wife, Cheryl, of Seneca, S.C.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. in Greenville Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Kelli Taylor and Rev. Mike Cox officiating. The family will receive friends at the cemetery prior to the service, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon St., Greenville, 29605; or to the Salvation Army, 417 Rutherford St., Greenville, 29609.
The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive.
Published in The Greenville News: 11-12-2005
Born in Baskerville, Va., on Dec. 29, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Julian Archer and Nannie Betts Jackson.
Mrs. Atkinson was a former school teacher, worked with her husband, and was a homemaker. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, volunteered with Meals on Wheels and a local nursing home, and graduated from Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1941.
Her husband was the late Charles Vincent Atkinson.
Surviving are a daughter, Valerie Atkinson Mountcastle and her husband, William, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; two sons, Julian Carlyle Atkinson and his wife, Donna, of Hampton, Va., and Vincent Betts Atkinson and his wife, Cheryl, of Seneca, S.C.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. in Greenville Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Kelli Taylor and Rev. Mike Cox officiating. The family will receive friends at the cemetery prior to the service, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon St., Greenville, 29605; or to the Salvation Army, 417 Rutherford St., Greenville, 29609.
The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive.
Published in The Greenville News: 11-12-2005
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