Elizabeth Nelson

Stocks of Local Interest
February 23, 2011
Friday, Feb. 25
February 25, 2011
Stocks of Local Interest
February 23, 2011
Friday, Feb. 25
February 25, 2011

Elizabeth “Mama Elizabeth” Exnouch Nelson, 93, a native of Belle Rose, La., and resident of the Peterville Community, died at 12:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker, and a loyal and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.


She is survived by her sons, Eddie Jr. (Mary), Louis Sr. (Rita) and Emile (Monica) Nelson; seven daughters, Emilie, Ethelee and Natalie Nelson, Rosalie (William) Alexander, Lucille (Percy) Lawless, Louella (Michael) Harrison and Loretta (Gerald) Larvadain; daughter-in-law, Theresa Nelson; 50 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 47 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie “Stack” Nelson Sr.; parents, Louise Fredrick and Peter Sims; one son, Edwin Nelson; one daughter, Louise Lotten; one brother, Rev. Eddie Sims; one sister, Annie Sims Brown; one daughter-in-law, Mary Janice Nelson; one granddaughter, Cynthia Lotten; two gransons, Curtis and Lloyd Jr. Lotten; and one son-in-law, Lloyd Lotten Sr.

She is buried at St. Charles Baptist Church Cemetery. (Williams and Southall)