Nellie Elkins

March 15, 1933 - December 5, 2019

Nellie Elkins, 86 years of age of Virgie passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the Pikeville Medical Center. She was born on March 15, 1933 to the late Jesse Newsome and Eliza Elswick Newsome. She was of the Old Regular Baptist Faith and was a retired Judicial Secretary of the Kentucky Supreme Court. Other than her parents she was preceded in death by six sisters; Doll Roberts, Martha Newsome, Draxie Damron, Dahlia Hampton, Daisy Sexton, Mary Tackett. She is survived by one son; Lloyd Jesse (Ida) Elkins of Hazard, three daughters; Denise Kelch of Lexington, Barbara (Rodney) Maynard of Pikeville, Susan Beth Elkins of London, two sisters; Rosie Hopkins of Robinson Creek, Myrtle Smith of Sydney, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 1:00PM at the Hall & Jones Funeral Home with Old Regular Baptist Ministers. Burial will follow in the Johnson Memorial Park at Pikeville. Visitation will begin on Saturday after 6:00PM at the funeral home with services beginning at 7:00PM.