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Nelson died in the Veterans Affairs Medical Nursing Home in Pineville, aged 102 years and eleven months. She was survived by two adopted children, Gerald Williams of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and Linda Nelson of the Taylor Hill community in Rapides Parish. Services were held in Nelson's home church, the Union [[Baptist]] Church in Colfax. Interment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Pineville with full military honors through the Alexandria/Pineville Veterans Honor Guard. She often attended the Good Hope Baptist Church in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>

Nelson died in the Veterans Affairs Medical Nursing Home in Pineville, aged 102 years and eleven months. She was survived by two adopted children, Gerald Williams of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and Linda Nelson of the Taylor Hill community in Rapides Parish. Services were held in Nelson's home church, the Union [[Baptist]] Church in Colfax. Interment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Pineville with full military honors through the Alexandria/Pineville Veterans Honor Guard. She often attended the Good Hope Baptist Church in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>

The family requested memorials to the [[Alzheimer's]] Association, P.O. Box 2471, Monroe, Louisiana 71207.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57228335|title=Gertrude DeWitt Nelson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 28, 2017}}</ref>

The family requested memorials to the [[Alzheimer's]] Association, P.O. Box 2471, Monroe, Louisiana 71207.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57228335|title=Gertrude DeWitt Nelson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 28, 2017}}</ref>

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