BEAVER DAM, Ky. — Fern Griffin Nelson, 87, of Beaver Dam, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at Signature of Hartford, Kentucky. She was born in the Ricketts community in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late John and Bessie Liles Griffin.
She loved family dinners, thrifting, and traveling, and was a member of Green River Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Archie T. Nelson; a son, Victor Nelson; a daughter-in-law, Linda Nelson; and a granddaughter, Lauren Elizabeth Nelson.
Survivors include three sons, Keith Nelson, of Beaver Dam, Ricky (Marilyn) Nelson, of Central City, Kentucky, and Patrick Nelson, of Beaver Dam; a daughter, Patricia (William) Stewart, of Beaver Dam; 10 grandchildren, Winona, Tiffany, Lauren, Enoch, Donna, Donavan, Nelson, Melissa, William, and Anthony; and 16 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Mitch Ash officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until funeral time on Saturday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made at bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.
