Charles (Charlie) William NelsonMoab - Charles (Charlie) William Nelson (1926-2025) was born September 13, 1926 in his Auntie Bea's home in Alton, Illinois. When she first saw him she said, "He's not a pretty baby, but he's a good baby".He went peacefully home to heaven on March 14, 2025 at the age of 98 ½. He spent the last months of his life joyfully living with his son Ed and daughter-in-law Debbie Jean in Dewey, Arizona.Charlie attended a one-room school house, graduated from Jersey County High School and joined the U.S. Navy. He was a WWII veteran serving as a Sea Bee on the island of Guam. After the Navy he was never interested in taking a cruise.Returning home he hit the highways and byways following the wheat harvest in Kansas with his brother. He got a job hauling cars out of Hazelwood, Mo. He loved to drive especially out West. In the thirteen years that he worked for Associated Transport he earned a "million mile pin".He married the love of his life, Lucy A. Stafford in Aug

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