Robert W. Bob Nelson's Obituary
Funeral services for Robert W. Bob Nelson, 81, of Longview, will be 2 PM Thursday, April 19, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home, Longview, with Reverends Scott Schulik and Jerry Walles officiating. Interment will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery.
The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 18, from 5 to 7 PM.
Mr. Nelson passed away on Monday in a Longview hospital.
Bob was born in Corsicana, Texas, on March 14, 1931 but moved to Overton, Texas in 1932. He graduated from New London High School and from Texas A & M with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting. He was a retired CPA and a member of the Baptist church. Bob served his country in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife: Freda Nelson of Longview, son: James Nelson of Harleton, daughters: Angie Oswald and husband Gerald of Lexington, S.C. and Pam Raney and husband Robert of Overton, granddaughters: Kaylynn Raney and Geri Lin Oswald, brothers: Lesley Nelson of Havre de Grace, Maryland, Wesley Nelson of Horseshoe Bay, TX and Tom Nelson of Wichita Falls, TX and a number nieces and nephews.
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