Nelsie Helen (Copelin) Pugh (abt. 1897 - 1998)

Born about 1897 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Sidney Pugh Jr — married 10 Jul 1917 in Garland County, Arkansas, United States

Died 30 Sep 1998 at about age 101 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Biography

Tuesday, 06 Oct 1998, obituary from The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS)^[1]:

Funeral: Memorial service at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at the Poydras Home in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS -- Nelsie Copelin Pugh, 102, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1998, in New Orleans.

Mrs. Pugh was a native of Hot Springs, Ark., and a longtime resident of New Orleans and Pass Christian.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Philip S. Pugh Jr.; a son. Col. Philip S. Pugh III; and a grandson, Robert Nicholls Pugh Jr.

Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Pugh Deloteus of Bowling Green, Ky. and Jane Pugh Ferguson of New Orleans; a son, Robert Nicholls Pugh of Lexington, Ky.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

A private burial will be held Sunday at Live Oak Cemetery in Pass Christian. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Poydras Home in New Orleans. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home in New Orleans is in charge of arrangements.

The family prefers memorials to the Poydras Home, 5354 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70115.

Sources

1. ↑ "Sun Herald, The", , GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/10185C1525C25CE2 : accessed 29 May 2017)

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9MM-C27 : 22 December 2016), Phillip S Pugh and Nelsie Copelin, 1917.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTD-95T : accessed 29 May 2017), Nelsie Copelin in household of Ottis Copelin, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 19A, family 325, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 507; FHL microfilm 1,374,520.
• "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4T-SPZ : 4 December 2014), Nelsie Helen Copelin in entry for Robert Nicholls Pugh and Patricia Nan O'Sullivan, 24 Nov 1954; citing Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 4,278,118.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKR8-1TF6 : 25 October 2016), Mrs Nelsie Copelin Pugh, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States, 06 Oct 1998; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Sun Herald, The, born-digital text.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLH9-GKW : 22 May 2014), Nelsie C Pugh, Residence, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.