Nell Atkinson Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Nell Atkinson of Memphis, Tennessee, born in Carrollton, Mississippi, who passed away at the age of 93, on September 25, 2020. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, John Stanford Ray and Annie May Alston Ray of Carrollton; and her husband Eugene Walton Atkinson of Memphis, TN.. She is survived by: her children, Eugene Walton Atkinson, Jr. (Mary) of Plano, TX, John Ray Atkinson of Jackson, MS, Betty Ann Atkinson Rea (Gean) of Jackson, MS and Robert Wesley Atkinson (Kathlene) of Gulfport, MS.; and her grandchildren, Hugh Critz Atkinson of Greenwood, MS, Lauren Rea Jones (Wes) of Oxford, MS, John Talbert Rea (Jessica) of Athens, AL, Christopher Lee Rea (Meredith) of Melbourne, FL, Lara Ashley Atkinson of Oxford, MS, Robert Wesley Atkinson, Jr. of Oxford, MS and Landon Kyle Atkinson of Oxford, MS. She is also survived by 11 great grandchildren.
Out of respect for family and friends' health and keeping with COVID restrictions, Mrs. Atkinson will be laid to rest at a private graveside service at Sparta Cemetery near Holcomb, MS.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the cemetery fund at Sparta Methodist Church, Box 157, Holcomb, MS 38940.
