Neoma Faye PRINGLE

1923 - 2014  (90 years)

• Name	Neoma Faye PRINGLE
  Birth	28 Jul 1923	Childress, Childress, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	at 12:30 p.m.
  Gender	Female
  Residence	24 Dec 1941	Hollis, Harmon, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  Residence	28 Jul 2007	Amarillo, Potter/Randall, Texas, USA   [5]
  Education	LaCasa High School, 1941
  Occupation	Business Owner/Operator - Cleaning, Hotel/Motel
  Death	17 Mar 2014  [1, 3]
  Burial	21 Mar 2014	Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall, Texas, USA   [3]
  	Plot: Section E Lot 77 Space 4
  Person ID	I58468	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family	Charles Noble NELSON,   b. 11 Dec 1922, McQueen, Harmon, Oklahoma, USA d. 19 Sep 1964, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1941	Hollis, Harmon, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  	by R. L. Roberts, Minister, Church of Christ
  Children	+ 1. Ronald Dean NELSON,   b. 30 Jul 1942, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA d. 28 Jul 2007, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F38346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2022

  
  

• Notes

  “Mrs. Nelson was born on July 28,1923, in Childress to Oliver and Ruby Pringle. She grew up in Hollis, Okla., and graduated from LaCasa High School in 1941. After high school, she married Charles Noble Nelson, also from Hollis, at which time he began serving in the Navy, during World War II. Soon they had their first child. She also gave birth to three girls during the mid 40s, none of whom survived. In 1951, [another] son was born and the family relocated to Amarillo in 1952. In 1955, her third son was born. When husband Noble passed in 1964, Mrs. Nelson continued as an active person in Amarillo's business community as the owner of Belmar Cleaners until 1971 then shifting into the hotel/motel business where she served on the board and as President of The Panhandle Hotel Motel Association for almost 30 years. During this time, she was general manager of Howard Johnson West, The Quality Inn and served in sales for many motels, not the least of which was The Big Texan Motel & Restaurant, which looms largest in her legend. From the age of 73 until 84, she was known as ‘The Opry Mom’ by more than 500 singers, young and old alike. Every Tuesday night, she arranged the singers and dancers to put on a show at The Big Texan, making people from all over the world happy they stopped in Amarillo.” [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. [S220] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), File No. 3765. [S303] Thursday, March 20, 2014. [S2807] Ancestry.com, Marriage Records. Oklahoma Marriages, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Film Number: 002420073. [S303] Wednesday, August 1, 2007.