NELL NABORS CHARLES
Nell Nabors Charles passed away Dec. 19, 2019, at Canterfield Assisted Living in Oak Ridge.
She was born Nell Nabors on Dec. 12, 1924 in Mansfield, La., to John Bachman and Camille Taylor Nabors, and recently reached her 95th birthday. Nell attended Louisiana Tech University and upon graduation in the spring of 1945 traveled by train to Oak Ridge to work during the Manhattan Project as a lab technician in the Y-12 plant. There she met her husband, James Wiley Charles Jr., and married June 9, 1948. She took a reduction in force in 1952 to begin raising two sons as the family relocated to Clinton, living most of their lives on Eagle Bend Road. Nell attended Memorial United Methodist Church in Clinton. An avid bridge player, Nell received Life Master Achievement.
Nell was preceded in death by: Husband of 57 years; sisters, Marie Lee Nabors, Lulie Taylor Nabors Brunk, Camille Nabors; brother, John Bachman Nabors Jr.
She is survived by: Sons and daughters-in-law James (Jim) Wiley Charles III and wife Melissa Parks Charles, and John David Charles and Gabrina Charles: grandchildren, James (Jamie) W. Charles IV and Lauren Marie Charles; and a host of nieces and nephews.
The family is grateful to Kathy McCameron and staff at Canterfield Assisted Living for providing care and comfort during the last five years of Nell's life.
The family will receive friends from 1 – 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, fwith funeral service at 3 p.m. at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home.
Interment will follow funeral service at Woodhaven Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Salvation Army, 409 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN. 37917.
Holley Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements.
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