Colleen Long Nelson

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Colleen Long Nelson, 79, of Hanson, KY passed away Monday, July 9, 2012 at Select Hospital in Evansville, IN. \ \ She was born September 26, 1932 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Barnard Long and Estell Lamb Long. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Lester, Donald and Dennis Long; three sisters, Phyllis Lantrip, Sue Beck and Garnet Fugate. \ \ Colleen was a homemaker that worked hard all her life. She loved her husband and children fiercely as well as the rest of her family. \ \ She is survived by her husband, Alvin Nelson; she was the mother of six sons, Charles Alvin Nelson, William Bernard Nelson, Thomas Martin Nelson, Douglas Wayne Nelson, Tony Lee Nelson and Wendell Bruce Nelson; sister to Verla Puffenbarger of West Virginia and grandmother to numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. \ \ Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in Olive Branch Cemetery. \ \ Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday and after 12:00 noon until the service at the funeral home. \ \