Nelda Doss

Nelda Whitson Doss, 82, of Trimble died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at her residence in Trimble.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Trimble United Methodist Church. The Rev. Marti Bunch, the Rev. John “Buck” Carroll and Michael Arguello will officiate. Interment will follow in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble.
Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday at the Johnson-Williams Funeral Home and from 1 p.m. until hour of services Saturday at the church.
Pallbearers will be Bruce Pope, Justin Ferguson, Brian Pope, Elvis Sturdivant, Corey Murray, Terry Parker, Brady Fisher and Temis Watson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Greg Donaldson and Charlie Harrington.
The family asks that memorial contributions be directed to Trimble United Methodist Church, 308 East Mitchell St., Trimble, TN 38259 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
Born Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1936, in Jackson, she was the daughter of the late Robert Temple Siler and the late Viola Fay Radford Siler.
She was a homemaker and assisted with the family farming operation. She was a member of Trimble United Methodist Church, the co-founder of the Trimble Area Women’s Civic Club, member of the Trimble Library Book Club and past member of the Dyer County Community Chorus and Orchestra.
She is survived by three sons, Michael Robert Whitson (Bonnie) and Richard Wynne Whitson (Kathy), all of Trimble, and Randall Arthur “Randy” Whitson of Isle of Capri, Fla.; one daughter, Margaret Fay Prater (Dennis) of Trimble; one stepson, David Andrew Doss (Robin) of Columbia; two sisters, Nina Siler Hephren of Bradenton, Fla., and Nita Mae Dunivant of Trimble; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two husbands, Robert Mitt “Bobby” Whitson and Horace T. Doss; and one sister, Nancy Fay Siler.
Online condolences may be made to the family at johnsonwilliamsfuneralhome.com.

Published 9.19.18