DONALD REAGAN NANCE 

The following bio was taken from page 325 of the book entitled “Rusk County History” compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission. 

Transcribed by Shirley Koym 

Submitted by Gloria Briley Mayfield, Cemeteries of Texas 

Donald Nance and I, Jewel Mildred Nicholas, were married May 16, 1952 at the First Pentecostal Church in Price, Texas.  Donald is the son of Mrs. Edwin G. Nance of Henderson, formerly of Childress, Texas, and the late James Word Nance.  I am the daughter of the late Johnnie Clayton and Burnetta Vee Nicholas.  I attended school at Carlisle, and Don attended Henderson, Laneville, and Orange, Texas schools. 

I was a local telephone operator for twenty-five years.  Don and I were married while he was in the Air Force.  He is now employed by Continental Can Company of Longview, Texas. 

Don and I have three children – Donnie, age twenty-eight; Ronnie, age twenty-six; and Allenda, age nine.  Donnie is married to Donna Ware, and they have one daughter, Brandl, age eight.  They live in New London. 

Ronnie lives in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and is marred to Kathy Buck.  They have one daughter, Jenna, age six. 

My parents’ families came to Texas from Tennessee and Georgia.  I have a letter that was written by my great-great-grandmother, Fannie Barnes, from LaGrange, Georgia, dated 1885.  My grandmother, Etta Timmons Gaston, was a baby when the letter was written. 

The Nance family came to America from France. 

Submitted by Jewell Nicholas Nance