A Mississippi Genealogy & History Collection
Pioneer resident of Brooklyn dies at age of 94
Mrs. Josephine Nelson of Brooklyn died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday at the age of 94.
She was a lifelong resident of the Brooklyn area and was a member of the Brooklyn Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church with burial in the community cemetery [Brooklyn Cemetery]. Hulett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Kate Gibson of Vicksburg and Mrs. E.A. Blanks, Mrs. C.R. Maxwell and Mrs. Henry Robertson, all of Brooklyn; a son, Bill, of Brooklyn; two brothers, W.A. Fillingame of Lakeside, CA; a sister, Mrs. E.A. Danley of Collins; 29 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
