Wilbert "Willie" Nelson

Wilbert "Willie" Nelson was born June 15, 1954, in Shiprock, to Frank Bluehouse Nelson and Alice Poyer Nelson, and passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at San Juan Regional Medical Center. He went to school at Inter Mountain Indian School around 1970 then he came back to Shiprock, in 1974 and graduated at Shiprock High School. Life at home for Wilbert consisted of acrylic painting, photography, watching Nascar, Dallas Cowboys and painting shows but mostly Bob Ross. Willie was a man of peace and grace with a kind hearted spirit but never judgmental. He accepted everyone for who they were and not what they were.
Willie is survived by his wife Carmelita Nelson; his children, Winfred Nelson, Carlita Natoni, Byron Nelson and Kevin Nelson; his mother Alice Nelson, 11 siblings, and 7 grandchildren. He was proceeded in death by his father Frank Bluehouse Nelson and his grandparents, Hugh and Hazel Poyer.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Dineh Christian Reformed Church in Shiprock. Interment will follow in Shiprock Community Cemetery
Pallbearers are Gabriel Tom, Dale Nelson, Timothy Yazzie, Cory F. Nelson, Manuel Beyal and Mathew RedNest
Honorary Pallbearers are grandchildren, siblings, Tommy Jones and "Chubby" Curtis.