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Nelson, 53E5 *9 | Fthis*DoylestownBacAvtThuPerBarber, Dies1«^ ivu | Co,RoiFuneral services will be held y Tuesday for Randall Y. Nelson, |^r 04 South Church St., Doylestown, scion of a family that was en- j gaged as barbers in the borough «r1for 83 years. tovMr. Nelson, died Thursday in BaDoylestown Hospital after an ill-|2nness of a year. He was 53.He had the distinction of being one of the first Negroes to bri join a Kiwanis Club in the United anStates. His grandfather was the Co first Negro tipstaff to serve in \mi the Bucks County Courts. The Nelson barbershop was operated r by three generations of the ] family beginning with the grand- j re father, Levi Nelson.Born in Doylestown, he was the son of Joseph S. and Anna^ Mason Nelson. He was* a barberfor about 35 years and was carrying on the tradition of the family establishment at the time of his illness. I beWar VeteranBl01Mr. Nelson served with the U.S. Marine Corps during World |cV War II. He was a Doylestown High School graduate and athlete. While he was* president of Doylestown Kiwanis Club, he founded Circle K at Delaware Valley College for the undergraduates.He served as the churchschool superintendent at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and as a civic leader. Episcopal layman and service club memberj.M... — Ticooperated with DoylestownYouth Recreational Council in every move for the benefit of the children and youth in thecommunity.He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Gladys Nickle-by, a Doylestown Borough Elementary School nurse, and three daughters. Gene, Nancy and Nannette. all of Doylestown. a brother, Leon, and his uncle, Harry, of East Oakland Ave.,Doylestown.Funeral services will be heldTuesday at 10 a.m. in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with military rites in Doylestown Cemetery. The viewing will be held Monday, 7 to 9 p.m., at the WilsonG. Varcoe Funeral Home, 344North Main St Doylestown.
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Bristol Daily Courier
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Aug 22, 1964
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