Nellie Carolyn Harwell Richardson

Mrs. Richardson was born in Pachuta, Mississippi on April 18, 1929 the daughter of James Emerson and Jeanette Campbell Harwell. She was a member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters, Descendants of Officers and Men at Valley Forge, Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century, Virginia Historical Society, National Huguenot Society, and the Claiborne Clan.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Dr. Jasper Edgar Richardson, and her daughter Ellen Diltz. She is survived by her daughters Ann Starr, Janet Frey, Susan Randle (David), and Patricia Nabours (David), her grandsons Glenn Richardson Drake, James Seth Randle, Harris Webster “Trey” Jones III, Phillip Emerson Jones, William Dalton Randle, Christopher David Nabours, and Michael Paul Diltz, Jr; her granddaughters Kimarie Drake Eckstein, Mary Katherine Diltz Woolsey, Elizabeth Christiane Diltz Menking, Kristen Michelle Starr Taylor, and fifteen great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Ann Gay, Mary Scott and Sarah Hunt.

Mrs. Richardson leaves for her descendants a little prayer:

I ask you God

Who gave me breath

For quiet life and gentle death

With each day spent within your care

Your love enough for all to share

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 14301 Stuebner Airlines Rd.