Marcella June Nelms

           Marcella June (Mabery) Nelms, age 84, of Bonne Terre, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020 at Scenic Nursing Home and Rehab Center in Herculaneum. Marcella was born to the late Ralph T. and Velma A. (Govero) Mabery on April 10, 1935 in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Marcella was of Catholic faith and worked in the cafeteria at Bonne Terre Senior Nutritional Center. She was a huge collector of cats and her family was her greatest joy. Marcella enjoyed working jigsaw puzzles, playing Liverpool Rummy, listening to music and dancing to the Jitterbug.

            In addition to her parents, Marcella was preceded in death by her husband John E. Nelms, Sr; grandson, Brent; and fifteen siblings; Leroy Tillman Mabery, Juanita Doris Mabery-Bradshaw, Norma Lee Mabery-Politte, Virgil Carl Mabery, Shirley Jean Mabery-Conway, Bural Wesley Mabery, Emel Truston Mabery, Donald Eugene Mabery, Olibell Frances Mabery, Opal Nadine Mabery-Griffin, Roland Patrick Mabery, Mary Christine Mabery-Welch, Emmet Warren Mabery, Melvin Keith Mabery and Margaret Ann Mabery-Pyeatt.  

Marcella is survived by children, John E. Nelms, Jr., Timothy “Tim” (Soni) Nelms, Rebecca “Becky” (David) Flatbush, Cecil Nelms, and Ben (Kathie) Nelms; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren; siblings, Sandra Shefler, Hope (Clarence) Kohut, Bryan “Butch” (Becky) Mabery, Ronnie Mabery, and Sharon (Kenny) Belew; numerous nieces and nephews; and many others.

             Visitation will be Tuesday, March 10, 2020 from 5pm until 9pm at C.Z. Boyer & Son Funeral Home in Bonne Terre. Visitation will resume 9 am Wednesday, March 11, 2020 until service time of 11 am at C.Z. Boyer & Son Chapel in Bonne Terre with Pastor Danny Pyeatt officiating. Interment will follow at Adams Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association.