NANCE, Elwood Martin. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960.
Funeral services for Elwood Martin Nance, 74, retired saw mill operator and carpenter, were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, February 24, at Cool Springs Church of Christ, conducted by Charles Cheatham of Lewisburg. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Nance died of a heart ailment early Tuesday morning, February 23, at Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg, after a long illness. Born July 12, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Edward Lee Nance and Adelle Waldron Nance. He had made his home in Lewisburg for fifteen years, and was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Nance is survived by his wife, the former Miss Maymie Shelton to whom he was married on October 23, 1910; three sons, Buford Nance, Lewisburg, R. E. Nance, Huntsville, Ala., and Elwood M. Nance, Jr., in the Armed Services, stationed in Paris, France; three daughters, Mrs. Adelle Henson and Mrs. Ruby Burroughs, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Christine Gowan, Pulaski; and a number of grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Lena Phillips, Pulaski.
Obituary added by C. Wayne Austin.
