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1947
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2025
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Elizabeth Cambridge Obituary
She was born in Memphis, Tennesee, and was the eldest daughter to parents Robert and Annabeth (Smith) Nelson. She was a graduate of Glynn Academy in Brunswick, and went on to have successful careers at Great Dane Trailers and the City of Savannah before her retirement.
When not working, Elizabeth had a love for theater and music, working as a stage manager for several productions at the Savannah Theater Company and serving as the cantor for the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist for 25 years. She had a love for musicals and anything Disney, never missing a time to perform or share a laugh with friends and family.
Elizabeth is preceded in death by her parents and her brother Robert Nelson.
She leaves behind her uncle, Robert Smith; her siblings, Leslie Frasier (Ron), Melinda Norboge, Amanda Locke (John), Toben Nelson (Kimberly); her daughter, Sarah; her four grandchildren, Daniel Trawick, Rachel Trawick, Aries Trawick (Joules), Samuel Trawick (Courtney); and her great granddaughter, Maybeth, as well as nine nieces and nephews and numerous great-nieces and nephews.
A visitation gathering will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 8th at Fox and Weeks Hodgson Chapel. Her Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00.Monday, June 9th. at Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist..
Flowers will be accepted or those desiring may make donation in memory of Elizabeth to the Alzheimer's Association https://www.alz.org/
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Billy Brewer, Glynn Academy Class of '67
June 5, 2025
Elizabeth Nelson, Glynn Academy Class of '65, has been added to the Glynn Academy "Gone but Not Forgotten" list. Leslie, her sister, was in the Class of '67 with me. My sympathies to Leslie, the Nelson family and the Fraser and Cambridge families.
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