Visitation will be 5:00-8:00pm, Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Life Celebration Services are 10:00am, Wednesday, August 8, 2018, in the funeral home chapel with interment in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Nelms was a graduate of Central High School in Jackson and a retired bookkeeper. A dedicated Christian, she was a member of Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon. She was a member of the National Association of Women in Construction for 23 years. Fun-loving by nature, she loved to travel and spend time with her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Nelms, and sister, Maxine Bates.
Survivors include daughter, Sharon Armstrong (Kevin); son, Terry Nelms (Marilyn); seven grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Ministries, 450 Towne Center Blvd., Ridgeland, MS 39157.
