Virginia Strange "Ginny" Nelson, 71, loving wife, mother,
grandmother and friend, made her final journey to be with her heavenly Father on
February 23, 2016. She was born July 25, 1944 in
Shreveport
,
Louisiana
to Nelwyn Tooke Strange and James Doyle Strange. She was preceded in death by
her mother, father and only sibling, James Tooke Strange. Ginny is survived by
the love of her life Edwin Leonard "Bud" Nelson, sons Richard Ward
Bartlett Davis and Matthew James Nelson, and daughter Alexis Catherine Nelson
Jasek, son-in-law Glen Jasek, daughter-in-law Carolyn Haynes Davis,
daughter-in-law Daniella Lockwood Nelson grandsons Luke Alexander, Joshua Haynes
Tooke, Aaron Richard, Paul Forest Carter, Priscilla Elizabeth, and Timothy Don
Edwin Davis; Nicklaus James and Noah Nelson Jasek and Sierra Jade Nelson. She is
also survived by step-sons Lars and Eric Nelson, step-daughter Christy Carolyn
Nelson, step-grandchildren Isabel Nelson, Logan Nelson and Ashley Nelson and
step-daughter-in-laws Susanne Nelson and Lisa Nelson.
Ginny spent her early life as a military dependent living all over the
United States
and
Europe
. She attended high school in
Paris
,
France
and loved the time she spent there. It was an inspiration for her whole life.
She graduated from the New York School of Interior Design and received her B.A.
from the
University
of
Houston
. In 2001, she fulfilled a lifetime dream of attending law school when she was
accepted to South Texas College of Law in
Houston
,
Texas
.
She moved to
Houston
in 1971 and worked as a designer and as a construction estimator before joining
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company as a financial planner. In 1976 she
married Edwin Leonard "Bud" Nelson, who adopted two of her three
children from a prior marriage. She and Bud bought a small ranch in
Lavaca
County
, where they lived for ten years with their younger children, before moving to
The Woodlands in 1991. While in The Woodlands, Ginny served as
Secretary/Treasurer for SSA Inc., a sales agency she and her husband owned. Also
in The Woodlands, Ginny worked for various non-profit and charitable groups. She
served as President of the Newcomer's Club of The Woodlands, Treasurer for
Argonauta, Board of Directors for Woodlands Living Arts Council, and Secretary
for Montgomery County Council of Women's Organizations. The Nelsons moved to
April
Sound
in 1997 when they retired and Ginny served as 1st Vice President of the April
Sound Ladies Association and on the Board of Governors for the April Sound
Country Club. She was most proud of her work as a child advocate for CASA. Ginny
loved oil painting and helping relatives, friends and clients with their
decorating dilemmas.
Ginny loved her family with a passion and intensity that ruled her entire
life. Her whole life she strove to impart a "joie de vivre" into all
of their lives and share with them her generosity of spirit. They were, and will
always be, her grandest joy.
A Memorial service will be held at
April
Sound
Church
March 4, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.; the family will receive friends at a reception
immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, and for those desiring,
memorial contributions may be made to The American
Cancer Society or to CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County, Conroe,
Texas.
