1918

Edith Cavelle Nelson was born on 21 Jul 1919 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Logan Benjamin Nelson and Bernice Corinna Jeffers Nelson.

1920

Eddie Nelson was counted in the census on 13 Jan 1920 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA as a 5-month-old, female, white, single, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Logan B. Nelson; her mother, Burnice Nelson; and siblings, Lonnie Nelson, May Nelson, and Ernestine Nelson.

1930

Edith C Nelson was counted in the census on 30 Apr 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA as a 11-year-old, female, white, single, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Logan B Nelson; her mother, Bernice C Nelson; and siblings, Lannie B Nelson, Ernestine E Nelson, Bertha A Nelson, Lindsy R Nelson, and Leaman K Nelson.

1940

Edith Nelson was counted in the census on 12 Apr 1940 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA as a 20-year-old, female, white, single, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Logan Nelson; her mother, Bernice Nelson; and siblings, Bertha Nelson, Lindsey Nelson, Lehman Nelson and Lloyd Nelson.

1949

When she was 29, she married Hazel Columbus Horton on 30 Jun 1949 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.

1977

On June 2, 1977, Edith Horton was listed as the living wife in the obituary of Hazel C. Horton

1986

On June 28, 1986, Edith Horton was listed as a living daughter in the obituary of Mrs. Bernice J Nelson.

2005

She died on 23 Nov 2005 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. She was buried on 26 Nov 2005 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery. 

Edith Horton

CAMDEN – Funeral services for Edith Nelson Horton, 86, will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. at Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Paul Miles, Rev. George Cashwell, and Rev. Casey Mills will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 25, 2005, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Memorials may be made to Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2290 Heath Pond Road, Elgin, SC 29045, or to the A. Sam Karesh Longterm Care, Haile & Robert Streets, Camden, SC 29020.

Mrs. Horton, widow of Hazel C. Horton, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005. Born in Blaney, she was the daughter of the late Logan B. Nelson and Bernice Jeffers Nelson. She was the former co-owner of Haile Street Grocery and a member of Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Horton also attended Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she taught Sunday School, played the organ and worked with the youth of the church.

Surviving are a daughter, Muriel Horton of Charleston, son, Merlin Horton and his wife, Virginia, of North Myrtle Beach, grandchildren, Charles Horton and Benjamin Horton, sister, Ernistine Rabon of Lugoff, Bertha Goff of Elgin, brother, Lloyd Nelson of Elgin, and Lindsay Nelson of Myrtle Beach. She was blessed to have many faithful friends in the community. Mrs. Horton was predeceased by a sister, Mae H. Nelson and brothers, Lonnie Nelson and Lehman Nelson.

2008

On March 12, 2008 Edith Horton was listed was listed as a deceased sister in the obituary of Bertha “Bert” Nelson Goff.

2017

On March 4, 2017 Edith Horton was listed was listed as a deceased sister in the obituary of Lloyd Montgomery Nelson.