Individual Details
Living
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Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | Benjamin Franklin Nelms (1891 - 1966) |
| Mother | Cora Francis Higginbotham (1891 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Bertie Adean Nelms (1915 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Mary Laurie Nelms (1918 - 2015) |
| Sibling | Doris Nelms (1923 - 2020) |
| Sibling | Clarence Edward Nelms (1926 - 2021) |
| Sibling | Billy Nelms (1929 - 1999) |