Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Nellie Pearl Armes
Washington Times-Herald
8 MAY 2007
— GLENDALE - Nellie Pearl Armes, 99, 3794E CR 600S, died at 5:20 a.m.
Saturday at the residence of her daughter, Susie Wuertz. Born March 19,
1908, in Knox County, she was the daughter of James Craig and Phoebe
(Williams) Byrd. A 1926 graduate of Wheatland High School, she was the
last survivor of her class of 16 girls. She was a member of First Christian
Church for nearly 45 years, including her many years as a Sunday school
teacher for many years and was a member of the Dorcas Circle for more
than 20 years, where she used her love of quilting in service to others.
She was a member of the DFO Sunday school class. Her love for the land,
especially for southern Indiana, was always evident by the hours spent
in her garden. As a strong loving farmer?s wife, she worked tirelessly
alongside her husband and family to care for and cultivate the land.
Above all, Nellie Armes loved her Heavenly Father, living her life as
a wife, mother and faithful servant in testimony to Him. Her husband,
Wilbert Thomas Armes, whom she married Feb. 26, 1927, died April 30,
1991. One son, Robert Armes; one granddaughter, Melody Wuertz; one great-granddaughter,
Jessica Wuertz; two sisters, Hazel Sturgeon and Ruth Carnahan; and one
brother, Charles Byrd, are also deceased. She is survived by three daughters
and sons-in-law, Anna Lou and Mac Wright of Yorba Linda, Calif., Wilma
and Gus Grannan of Clarksville and Susie and Lyle Wuertz of Glendale;
a daughter-in-law, Geneva Armes, Montgomery, 12 grandchildren; three
stepgrandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren;
and seven great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday at First Christian Church, with Bro. Wesley Wuertz officiating.
Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m. Tuesday at Gill Chapel, and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at
Gill Chapel, and from noon to time of service at the church.
(May 5, 2007)
Contributed by: Judith Braithwaite