Nettie Pearson

Nettie Mae Polk Pearson, 81, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 9th, 2010 in Weatherford, Texas. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, August 12th at First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells, Texas with Pastor Nathan Buchanan officiating. Interment will be in the Woodland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 11th at Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the First Baptist Church Youth Fund, 100 SW 4th Av, Mineral Wells, TX 76067. Nettie was born November 10, 1928, in Perrin, Texas to Robert and Ether Polk. She graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1947 and was later involved in the area's real estate business. Nettie married John Warren Pearson, the love of her life, on January 22, 1955. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, loving friend, and neighbor. Nettie loved the beauty of all God's creations; she loved helping her husband tend to their cattle, and in her younger days she enjoyed riding horses. She was always faithful to God, her loved ones, and her friends. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church and Friendship Sunday School Class where she had a history of service and a loving church family. Nettie will always be remembered for her great sense of humor that warmed our hearts through the years. Her presence will be forever missed; her spirit will live forever in our hearts. Nettie was preceded in death by both parents, and two sisters Dorothy Schuler and Ruth Greve. Survivors include her devoted husband Warren; son Wayne Pearson; daughter Sharon Wallace and husband Dan; daughter Debra Marr and husband David; grandchildren, Valerie McConnell and husband Sean; Joshua Wallace; and Ronnie and Reece Marr; brother R.L. Polk, Jr.; sister Ruby and husband Bill Shipley; brother-in-law Weldon Greve; sister-in-laws Dorothy Wenzel, Ada Moore and Evelyn Pearson; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.