TITLE:  Nellie Jefferson

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 29, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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CROSS - Mrs. Nellie Jefferson, 94, of Cross, S.C., died July 26, 2001, 
at her residence. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m., July 30, 2001, at 
Unity Baptist Church, Eutawville, S.C. Rev. S.T. Nelson will officiate.
Burial in Unity Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be friends 
of the family. EUTAWVILLE FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements.
The daughter of the late Peter Howell and Margaret Chisolm Howell, she 
was born on October 6, 1906, in Berkeley County, S.C., she grew up on 
Ervin Plantation and attended public school. At an early age she joined
Unity Baptist Church where she served faithfully until her illness. 
She became a member of the Home Mission Organization. She was united 
in holy matrimony to the late Hector Jefferson in 1929. To this union 
two children were born who preceded her in death, George Jefferson and 
Mariah Wigfall.Survivors include, one adopted daughter, Lillie Mae 
(James) Taste of Cross, S.C.; one adopted son, Benjamin Earl Smalls 
Jefferson; one granddaughter, Nellie Baskell of Rosedale, N.Y.; 11 
grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, 
relatives and friends. (The Post and Courier July 29, 2001)
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