Gayle Linda Nelson
February 12, 1951 - November 22, 2012
Gayle Linda Nelson, 61, passed away November 22, 2012 at home with her family at her side after health complications. She was born February 12, 1951 in Chicago Heights, Illinois to her parents Richard and Dorothy Nelson. Her father, Richard preceded her in death in 1990. Gayle is survived by her mother: Dorothy Nelson; sisters: Deborah Manning and her husband Thomas of Del Rio, TX and Ellen Quigg and her husband Raymond Sr. of Terlingua, TX; also, nephew: Raymond Quigg Jr. and his wife Ceneesa and their son Titan, all of Rankin, TX; niece: Aarin Farrell and her husband Eirik and their children Addison and Caden, all of San Antonio, TX. Gayle graduated from Uvalde High School and later graduated from Texas State University at San Marcos, Texas. She opened the “Little Schoolhouse” in 1973 and for 40 years devoted her life to affordable Christian education for elementary children. Visitations will be on Monday, 5-9:00P.M, November 26, 2012 at G. W. Cox Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Chapel service celebration will be on Tuesday, 10:00A.M, November 27, 2012 at same chapel with Deacon West Lewis officiating. Interment will follow to Masonic Cemetery. In Lieu of usual remembrances the family requests donations be made to the “Little Schoolhouse.”
Gayle Linda Nelson, 61, passed away November 22, 2012 at home with her family at her side after health complications. She was born February 12, 1951 in Chicago Heights, Illinois to her parents Richard and Dorothy Nelson. Her father, Richard... View Obituary & Service Information