April 1, 1920 – September 11, 1990
1920
Thelma May Hornsby Nelson was born April 1, 1920 in Blaney, South Carolina, a daughter of Joseph Tillman Hornsby and Emily Bowen Hornsby.
1930
Thelma M Hornsby was counted in the census on 02 May 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA as a nine-year-old female, single, white, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Joseph T Hornsby, her step-mother, Eliza Hornsby, and brothers; Woodrow T. Hornsby and John R. Hornsby.
1939
When she was 18, she married John Moultrie Nelson on 01 Feb 1939 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.
1944
On September 28, 1944, Thelma May Nelson was listed as the living mother on the death certificate of Infant Daughter Nelson.
1966
On December 22, 1966, Mrs. Thelma Mae Hornsby Nelson was listed as the living wife on the death certificate and obituary of John M Nelson.
1975
On August 3, 1975, Mrs. Thelma Nelson was listed as a living daughter in the obituary of Joseph Tillman Hornsby.
1990
LUGOFF
Mrs. Thelma Hornsby Nelson, 70, widow of John M Nelson, died Tuesday, September 11, 1990.
Born in Blaney, she was a daughter of the late Joseph T. Hornsby and Emily Bowen Hornsby, and was a member of Lugoff Friendship Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jean Jordan of Camden; a son, John Nelson of Lugoff; sisters, Mrs. Josephine Nelson of Atlanta and Mrs. Ellaree Hartmen of Charleston; and brothers, Woodrow Hornsby of Lugoff and J. R. Hornsby of Elgin.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. today, September 13, 1990 at Hillcrest Baptist Church. Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel, is in charge.
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Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
2002
On October 3, 2002, Thelma Nelson was listed as the deceased sister in the obituary of Woodrow T. Hornsby
2015
On November 19, 2015, Thelma Hornsby Nelson was listed as the deceased mother in the obituary of John Donald Nelson.