Services for Justin L. Nelson, 72 of Baskin, will be held 2 PM Thursday October 1, 2020, Baskin Baptist Church under the direction of Gills First National Funeral Home with Rev. Marion Spence and Brian Rogers officiating. Interment will follow at Friendship Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 12-2 PM Thursday at the church.
Justin was born October 9, 1948 in Baton Rouge, LA and passed away September 29, 2020 at Merit Regional Hospital in Vicksburg, MS. He was a Baskin native for 45 years. He was a farmer for many years before becoming a proud owner of a trucking company for 33 years and a member of Baskin Baptist Church. Justin loved hunting and fishing; he loved his family most of all. Justin served in the United States Army in Vietnam for 2 years.
He was preceded in death by father Luther Nelson, Mother Ada Lee (Eggloft) Nelson of Clayton, LA.
Survivors include wife Linda Ragsdale Nelson of Baskin and two daughters: Melissa Lynn Nelson Trahern, husband Gene Trahern of Baskin, Kristal Gail Nelson of Baskin; two granddaughters: Tara Alissa Trahern of West Monroe and Hope Elizabeth Trahern of West Monroe; brother, Ben Alvin Nelson wife Janet Nelson of Sicily Island; two nephews Benji Nelson, wife Sarah Nelson of Sicily Island and Brady Nelson, wife Jamie Nelson of Sicily Island; three great nieces: Emma Nelson, Marlee Nelson, and Rylee Nelson of Sicily Island, and one great nephew Evan Lynn Nelson of Sicily Island; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will Be Jeff Davis, Benji Nelson, Brady Nelson, Bennie Johns, Ken Southern, Mark Stein, Gene Hillard, and Kevin Ellis.
Honorary Pallbearers will be his lifelong trucking and hunting buddies.
Online condolences may be made at www.gillfirstnational. com.

Visitation
Baskin Baptist Church
Thursday, October 1, 2020
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Baskin, LA 71219
Funeral Service
Baskin Baptist Church
Thursday, October 1, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Baskin, LA 71295
Interment
Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Baskin, LA 71219