Ann Frances Nelson

Ann Frances Nelson, born January 28, 1939 in Fayette County, West Virginia. She is the daughter of the late Charles and Jesse Nelson, who also had another daughter Helen, who was married to the late Nordahl Steen of Oak Hill, West Virginia. Ann Nelson graduated from Oak Hill West Virginia High School in 1955 where she played Saxophone in the band. She was popular in her class and was voted best dressed girl. She attended Greenbrier Girls College in Lewisburg, West Virginia from 1955 to 1957. Later she attended college in Coral Gables, Florida where she majored in Economics and Interior Decorating. On August 9, 1959 Ann Nelson married Henry Albert Bock of Vero Beach where they resided and raised 3 sons: John, David and Mark Bock. In 2006 she was diagnosed with symptoms of Alzheimer's. She divorced her husband of 48 years in 2008 and continued to live in Glenville, NC. In 2009 she became a ward of the State of NC and was placed in Morning Star Assisted Living facility in Sylva, NC where she died. Ann Nelson was active for 25 years in the First Baptist Church of Vero Beach, FL where she served as a care giver in the nursery and a leader in the girls auxiliary and was a faithful attendee of the church. In addition to the service to her church, she participated in Betty Jean Morgan's Bible Study and those of the late Marilyn Jewett. She was also active in the ministry of Women a Glow. When newly married she became a member of the Eastern Star and memorized perfectly her part as Martha, as a stay at home mother raising three sons. She was the neighborhood mom to many of their friends. She was paid with tender compliments by some of the boys who said to her, "I wish you were my mother." Ann was a faithful wife to her husband with whom she had morning devotions and prayer, after which it was a common practice to go out to eat lunch. Ann prayed from her heart and had the faith of a child. Often she could be heard at night praying out loud for her sons, their wives, and children calling out each one by name. Ann is survived by her three sons, nine grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. In her memory, a gift to the Alzheimer's Association may be considered.