NELLIE ROUSE
Henderson: Nellie Marie Connor Rouse, age 88, died Sunday morning March 16, 2014 at her home in the Glendale Community of Chester County.
Mrs. Rouse was born February 14, 1926 in the Glendale Community of Chester County, the daughter of the late Isaac Parrish and Dulsie Inez Hodge Connor. She attended school at Glendale and Henderson. She married Manuel Odell Rouse in 1946 and they farmed in the Glendale Community. Mrs. Rouse worked at Salant & Salant Mfg. as a machine operator for 32 years, retiring in 1988. She was a member of the Holly Springs United Methodist Church and attended Palestine Pentecostal Church.
Mrs. Rouse is survived by a daughter, Janice Kay McCormick and husband Jerry of Lexington, TN; five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren; four brothers, Carroll Connor of Henderson, I.P. Connor, Jr. of Nashville, Paul Connor of Dickson and Pat Connor of Henderson; three sisters, Wilma Adcock of Jackson, Mary Dell Gilchrist of Medon and Shirley Harvey of Henderson and also a special friend and caregiver, Joan Doyle.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Manuel Odell Rouse in 1990 and a son, Larry Ray Rouse in 1996 and four brothers, Melburn, Carl (Kent), Thomas and Gene Connor.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Bobby Maxey and Michael McCormick officiating and burial will follow in Chester County Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Casey Chapel 5 PM until 9 PM on Monday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2421