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Bobbie Mae Nelson Lake

Bobbie Mae Nelson Lake, 85, of Greenville, died Monday at Colonial Tender Care.  Visitation will be 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.

Mrs. Lake was born in Brownwood, Texas on June 24, 1928.  She was the daughter of Marion L. “Honey” Nelson and Lela White Nelson.  She married Forest K. Lake, Jr. on December 22, 1947 in McKinney.  She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and a homemaker.

Survivors include he husband, Forest K. Lake, Jr. of Greenville; son, Robert Lake and wife, Nancy of Greenville; daughters, Laura Lake of Greenville and Alicia Smith and husband, Ed of Fairfield; sisters-in-law, Betty Ringo of Waco and Patricia Bryant of Lubbock; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by a stillborn daughter, Saundra in 1952; her mother Lela Nelson in 1980 and father Marion Nelson in 2000.