REBECCA NELSON

NORMAN-Services for Rebecca Faye Martin Nelson, 55, Norman, formerly of the Ada area are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Blue Baptist Church at Connerville, Rev. Gayland Cannon will officiate. Burial will follow at Seeley Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Nelson died Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Norman. She was born April 14, 1954 at Talihina, Oklahoma to R. J. and Delilah Collins Martin. She graduated from high school and attended Cameron University in Lawton for two years. She moved to Norman 16 years ago from Lawton and had also lived in Ada.

She married Franklin Dee Nelson, Jr. He preceded her in death on December 13, 2007. Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker and a member of Faith Abundant Worship Center in Norman.

Survivors include three daughters, Keri Hamman, Norman, Margie Johnson, Indiana, and Rachel Nelson, South Dakota; one son, James Nelson, Missouri; numerous grandchildren; several great grandchildren; and one brother, Barney Spain, Ada.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Delilah Johnson; her step-father, Ervin Johnson; one brother, Anthony Reed; and a nephew, Anthony Reed, Jr.

Bearers will be Glen Roy Bralley, David Poe, Leo Poe, Mike Reed, Andrew Timmons, and Willie Timmons. Honorary bearers will be her nephews.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada