In Memory of

Frances

Lee

Nelson

(Smith)

Obituary for Frances Lee Nelson (Smith)

Frances Lee Nelson, 78 of Mulberry passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2019 in a local hospital. She was a homemaker and retired from Southern Steel & Wire in Fort Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dolen D. Nelson.

Funeral service will be 2PM, Friday May 24, 2019 graveside at Pope Cemetery in Mulberry under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren.

She is survived by three daughters Edith Newton, Glenda Patterson and Malesia Nelson all of Mulberry; two sons Vernon Nelson of Mulberry and Brian Nelson of Alma; eleven brothers and sisters; eleven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.

The family will visit with relatives and friends Thursday, May 23, 2019 from 5-7 PM, at Ocker Funeral Home, 700 Jefferson Street, Van Buren, Arkansas.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Christopher Swift, Henry Newton, Jeffrey Patterson, Dolen Patterson, Brian Nelson and Ryne Nelson.

Honorary Pallbearers will be David Hickey, Darrell Hickey, Billy Dean Swift,Robert Wilson and James Berto.