Harley and Nola are buried In the CircleCemetery at Laurel Branch Missionary Baptist Church Briceville, Anderson, TN
HER SISTER WAS:
Edith Harness
BORN: 10-22-1911
IN:
DIED: 1999
IN:
MARRIED:
TO:
Elmer Harness
Lona Charles
GRANDFATHER NELSON WAS A COAL MINER AND AT ONE TIME WORKED ON THE BUILDING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB AT OAK RIDGE, TN. HE SUFFERED FROM BLACK LUNG FROM THE MINES AND IT HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO HIS DEATH. HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 6, 1945. HE BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE WHILE MOM AND SISTERS WORKED TO HELP BRING IN MONEY FOR THE MATERIALS. MOM AND GRANDMOTHER BOTH WORKED AT THE CAFETERIA AT OAK RIDGE AND RODE THE BUS 30 MILES A DAY TO WORK. IT WAS THERE THAT MOM MET MY DAD WHO DROVE A DELIVERY TRUCK.
NELSON
ORIGIN OF NAME IS IRISH AND ENGLISH
SPELLING VARIANNTS INCLUDE:
NELSON
NELLSON
NEILSON
FIRST FOUND IN LANCASHIRE WHEN THEY WERE SEATED FROM EARLY TIMES AND THEIR FIRST RECORD APPEARED ON THE EARLY ROLLS TAKEN BY THE KINGS OF BRITAIN TO DETERMINR THE RATE OF TAXATION
SOME OF THE FIRST TO SETTLE OF THIS NAME WERE:
FRANCIS SETTLED IN VIRGINIA IN 1606 14 YEARS BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FRANCIS IN 1656
GEORGE IN 1623
HENRY IN 1649
AMBROSE IN 1649
AND OTHERS
WHISPERS FROM THE PAST:
I REMEMBER GRANDPA NELSON HAD SEVERAL NICKNAMES FOR ME- STUMP JUMPER, RIDGE RUNNER, CI-CUS, RANSACK AND WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZED HE WOULD SAY SCAT THERE TOMCAT YOUR TAIL IS IN THE GRAVY
I CAN REMEMBER THAT GRANDPA ROLLED HIS OWN PRINCE ALBERT CIGARETTES FROM THE TIN CAN AND ONE DAY I GOT INTO HIS PRINCE ALBERT AND WAS GOING TO CHEW IT, IT MADE ME SICK AS A DOG AND I NEVER TRIED THAT AGAIN
I CAN REMEMBER THAT GRANDMA CANNED JELLY EVERY YEAR AND SHE WOULD SEND ME BLACKBERRY AND MY FAVORITE APPLE WITH VANILLA FLAVORING IN IT
I CAN REMEMBER THAT THEY HAD NO RUNNING WATER OR WELL, THEY CARRIED WATER FROM AUNT BONNIE'S HOUSE 1/4 MILE DOWN HILL AND THAT THEY USED LARGE TUBS TO CATCH RAINWATER TO WASH CLOTHES WITH.
I CAN REMEMBER ONE SUMMER, I STAYED WITH GRANDPA AND GRANDMA. I WORKED ON A RAT FARM IN OAK RIDGE WHERE THEY RAISED RATS FOR WORLD WIDE TESTING. MY COUSIN BUDDY, FRIEND DICKEY , AND MYSELF GATHERED HAY BAILS ALL DAY LONG TO LINE THE CAGES OF THE RATS
THANK YOU LORD: FOR ALL THE MEMORIES
I CAN REMEMBER THAT THEY COOKED ON A WOOD STOVE THAT HAD A WATER TANK ON ITS SIDE TO KEEP WATER HOT.
I CAN REMEMBER SEEING MY GRANDFATHER DRAG LOGS OUT OF THE WOODS, ON HIS SHOLDERS TO CHOP FOR FIREWOOD.
I CAN REMEMBER THEY HAD A SMOKEHOUSE JUST OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN FOR MEATS, AND THE VEGETABLES, AND JELLIES THAT THEY CANNED.
I CAN REMEMBER THAT GRANDMA COULD WALK THE ONE MILE TRIP UPHILL, FROM AUNT MAGDALENE'S HOUSE AND NOT BE WINDED, BUT I WOULD BE OUT OF BREATH
I CAN REMEMBER THAT GRANDMA NEVER THREW AWAY OLD CLOTHES, BUT CUT THEM INTO PIECES TO MAKE QUILTS. AND AUNT BONNIE, MOM, AND AUNT MAGDALENE WOULD JOIN IN TO HELP. SHE HAD A QUILTING FRAME
HOISTED INTO THE CEILING OF ONE BEDROOM AND COULD LET IT DOWN TO USE IT.
I CAN REMEBER THAT GRANDPA WORKED IN THE COAL MINES AND WAS INJURED ON THE HEAD AND FACE.
I CAN REMEMBER WHEN VISITING AUNT BONNIE AND UNCLE FRED, HE WOULD GET OUT HIS GUITAR AND THEY WOULD ALL SING OLD SONGS THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD OR DID NOT REMEMBER AND THEY SURE COULD SING. I CAN STILL SEE THE JOY IN MY MOM'S EYES SHE SURELY LOVED HER VISITS AND THEY ALL WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SEE HER WHEN SHE WAS IN TOWN
ALICE NELSON
My Great Grandmother
LIZZIE NELSON MOODY
ALICE NELSON- NOLA HARNESS NELSON- LIZZIE NELSON MOODY- CHILDREN UNKNOWN
NOLA HARNESS NELSON
Nola Marie Harness Nelson
The Nelson Motto:
Palmam qui meruit ferat
"Let Him Who Has Earned It,
Bear The Palm
The Name Nelson in Ireland is derived from "NJALL" which is the Irish form of the first name "NIALL" This name was brought by settlers from Scotland and are prominiate in Ulster Province and in County Dublin, since the 17th Century. The Gaelic form of the name is "Mac NEIGHILL"
