Virginia Nell (Nellie) Jackson Gardner

Mrs. Virginia Nell (Nellie) Jackson Gardner beloved wife of Mr. Henry Lee Gardner, Jr. passed away on June 9, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born February 6, 1927 in Westfield, NC to the late Caleb and Alice East Jackson. She was a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church and the Ruby Ward WMU Group. Nellie was retired from Quality Mills and was member of the VFW Auxiliary. Surviving are her husband of sixty years, Henry Lee Gardner, Jr.; a daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Dr. David Nickola of Atlanta, GA.; a daughter-in-law, Pat T. Gardner, Mt. Airy, NC; three grandchildren, Dr. Bryan C. Quick of Chamblee, GA, David L. and Leanne T. Gardner of Mt. Airy, NC; two step grandchildren, Damon Nickola of Atlanta, GA, and Janice Nickola, Boulder, CO, and one sister, Lavis Beamer, Mt. Airy, NC. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gardner was preceded in death by a daughter, Pamela Jean Gardner; a son David Lee Gardner, five brothers, Joe, Moir, Woodrow, Quentin, and Dallas Jackson; six sisters, Bertie Taylor, Vergie Martin, Myrtle and Viola Jackson, Magdalene Jessup and June Smith. Graveside services will be held 10:00 am on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at Oakdale Cemetery. Reverend Robert McCrary and Reverend Richard Loman will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Northern Hospital of Surry County Foundation in memory of Nellie Gardner, PO Box 1101, Mt. Airy, North Carolina 27030 for the Skill Nursing Unit. The family would like to express gratitude to the staff of the skilled and long term care unit at Northern Hospital of Surry County for their compassionate and devoted care of Nellie. There will be no formal visitation at the funeral home. Moody Funeral Service is serving the Gardner family.

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