NELSON, Vertie Lea Cox - Putnam

Vertie Lea Nelson, 80, 516 N. Indiana St., Greencastle, died Saturday afternoon at the Putnam County Hospital. She had been in failing health for several years.

Born March 14, 1903 in Marshall, Ind., she was the daughter of Charles and Mary Ellen (Cox) Cox.

She married Frank (John Ike) Nelson on Oct. 23, 1930. He survives.

Mrs. Nelson worked in the late 1950s for the Angwell Curtain Factory, Greencastle, for a few years.

She was a member of the Beech Grove United Methodist Church and was educated in the Putnam County school system.

Survivors in addition to her husband, include a daughter, Mrs. William (Frances) Scobee, and a sister Nellie Lukenbill, both of Greencastle; two brothers, Alva Cox, Greencastle, and Jesse Cox, Summerfield, Fla.; a grandson, Steve Scobee, Roachdale; a granddaughter, Sharon Scobee, Greencastle; two great-grandchildren, Stacey and Sean Scobee, both of Roachdale, nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Mrs. Nelson was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Frankie; her parents; two brothers, William and Hubert Cox; and two sisters, Cordie Skelton and Myrtle White.

Services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle, with Rev. Albert White officiating. Interment will follow at the Forest Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call 2-4 p. m. Tuesday at the funeral home.