Roll Call Tribute

Published in The (Raleign NC) News & Observer on Aug. 17, 2016

Larry A. Nelson
Larry A. Nelson

October 28, 1932 - August 13, 2016

Raleigh

Larry A. Nelson, 83, statistics educator and consultant, died August 13. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and received a BS degree from Iowa State University in agronomy. He received a MS degree from Texas A&M University in soil science, and a PhD from North Carolina State University in statistics and soil science. He joined the department, teaching statistics and consulting internationally until retiring in 1989. Beginning in 2002 he served as interim coordinator and then assistant dean for international programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences until 2007. He subsequently wrote and presented several papers on tourism. He was active in the Capitol City Kiwanis and served as president 2014-15. He surpassed 1500 hours of volunteer service in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Rex Hospital. Avocations included bicycling, world travel, and serving as organist at multiple local churches. He was an avid genealogist, and traced his family's origin in the U.S. to John Lewis, a shipbuilder, who lived in New London, CT circa 1650. He was preceded in death by his parents Rudolph and Elizabeth (Lewis) Nelson and two brothers, Donald H. and Richard L. Nelson. He is survived by a brother David H. (Joyce) and sister-in law Dorothy (Richard) Nelson and nieces and nephews and their families.

Visitation will be held from 3-4 PM Saturday August 20, 2016 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home 300 Saint Mary's St. Raleigh, NC 27605 where a funeral service will begin at 4 PM.

Burial will be in Lewis Township Cemetery near Council Bluffs, IA.

Please visit www.brownw ynne.com to share memories and offer condolences to the Nelson family.


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