Nellie C. Whitman Garrison, 96, of Haleyville, entered into rest on Feb. 24, 2019 at Haleyville Health and Care Center with her loved ones at her side.
Mrs. Garrison was born on Oct. 28, 1922, in Lincoln, Alabama. She was a member of Frost Chapel Baptist Church and enjoyed flower gardening and doing puzzle books.
Nichols Funeral Home in Haleyville is hosting services, which will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 at 2:00pm. Brother Rayburn Whitman and Tommy Hamby will officiate. Burial will be in Liberty Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Nellie is survived by her daughter, Luneida Hamby; adopted son, James Roland Whitman; brothers, Harold Dover and Buster (Lucille) Dover; sisters, Annie Maude Thornton and Mildred Thornton and a host of other family and friends. She was "Nanny Nell" "Grandma" or "Mama" to 4 grandchildren, Frances Cornelius, Alan Hamby, Tommy Hamby and O'Neal Hamby; and 7 great grandchildren, Brooke Cruce, Amanda Shaver, Bradly Hamby, Heath Hamby, Lori Ann Brimer, Brandon Hamby and Emily Green.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Emric Whitman; and husband of 13 years, Cook Garrison; grandsons, Marty Hamby and Jeremy Hamby; and granddaughter, Connie Turner; parents, John Santford and Annie Williams Dover; brother, Jones Dover; sisters, Josie Mae Bean, Irma Bean and Lorene Carey.
