by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: MONDAY, March 1, 1993 TAG: 9303010322 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: JACKSONVILLE, FLA. LENGTH: Short
OBIT ELLISON, NANCY GIVENS
ELLISON, Nancy Givens, 79, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Wednesday, February 24, 1993. Miss Ellison was born in Blacksburg, Va., lived in Roanoke, and moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in the mid-1940's. She was a member of Riverside Presbyterian Church, and was retired from the Social Security Administration. She was an active member of the Jacksonville Watercolor Society, and was involved in the Jacksonville Art Museum since its earliest days. She was a member of the Cummer Gallery of Art and a member and past-president of Ingleside Circle of the Jacksonville Garden Club. She attended Hollins College as well as art schools in Baltimore and Washington. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. James M. (Martha) Hess, Roanoke; two nieces, Nancy Thomas Taylor, Mary Grace Earhart, both of Atlanta; and two nephews, Ellison Thomas, Atlanta, Claudius Pritchard, Summerville, S.C. A graveside service will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, March 1, 1993, in Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, with the Rev. John Wesley Newman officiating. A memorial service will be conducted 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 1993, at Riverside Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, Fla. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cummer Gallery of Art or to the Jacksonville Art Museum. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke.