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Horace H. Neilson Jr.
Horace H. Neilson Jr., 89, of Greenville passed away the morning of March 1, 2008 at his residence. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Monday, March 3, at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Goodwin officiating.
Burial will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park with the nephews will serve as pallbearers. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Neilson was born in Sherman on Jan. 7, 1919, to the parents of Judge Horace H. and Mavet Thomas Neilson Sr. He married Frances Brady on April 7, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas.
He served in the 82nd Airborne in World War II and was a Phi Delta Theta. He was a coordinator of Architect Builder Relations for Lone Star Gas Company where he retired in 1984.
Surviving is his wife of Greenville; sister and brother-in-law, Inez & W. I. Davis Jr. of Center,; cousins Neilson Rogers, Samuel Ratliff, Truman Ratliff, Lucille Foster, Jane Corder and Margaret Meriwether; nephews and nieces, Neilson I. Davis and wife Diana, Cynthia Inez Griffin and husband Guy, Walter E. Webking and wife Cindy, Mary Ann Schmitt and husband Frank, Robert H. Webking and wife Donna , Daniel C. Webking and wife Karen, William F. Webking and wife Priscilla, Jane E. Korpan and husband Myron, Catherine J. Webking and Mary Frances Holzman and husband Larry; also may great nephews and nieces.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials may be made to the Kavanaugh United Methodist Church, 2516 Park, Greenville, Texas 75401.