MITCHELL – James Edward Nash, 89, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2025, at Indiana University Health Hospice House.
Born May 12, 1935, in Leitchfield, Kentucky, he was the son of Jesse James and Nellie Mae (Farris) Nash. He married Sharon Sue Watterson on June 25, 1977 and she survives.
Jim was in the Army National Guard and a member of American Legion Post No. 250. He retired from Roberts Brass as a foreman, worked as a security guard at Carpenter Body Works, and for ASI Security and Williams Investigations. Jim was a member of the First Christian Church in Mitchell and loved attending. He was often at the Mitchell Senior Citizen’s Center and loved to dance. He volunteered for Meals on Wheels and Older Americans Services. Jim was a loving husband and father.
Surviving are his wife, Sharon Sue Nash of Mitchell; children, Steve Edward Nash of Bedford, Barbara Jean (Jeff) Edmonson of Bedford, and Tamara Dawn Hughes of Bedford; grandchildren, Tiffany Fanning of Chilicothe, Ohio, Heather Richardt of Evansville, Tara Holt of Mitchell, Amanda (Chris) Lee of Alabama, Brittany (Cody) Moore of Bedford, Darren Tumey of Bedford, and Tyler Nash of Princeton; great-grandchildren, Alivia Moore, Juliana Lee, Kamryn Lamb, Savannah Holt, Tegan Fanning, Bella Fanning, Trevor Holt, Waylan Moore, Xander Fanning, and Kaleb Lamb; great-great-granddaughters, Annistyn Meffert and Ellie Meffert; siblings, Lee (Doris) Sullivan of Bedford and Linda Sowders of Round Hill, Kentucky; and many cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
His parents; sisters, Betty Pringle and Debria (Sullivan) Beville; and several aunts and uncles, preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 13, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Brother Jim Russell officiating. Military rites will be accorded by American Legion Post No. 250 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9107. Burial will be at Mitchell Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial Contributions: Mitchell First Christian Church, American Legion Post No. 250, or IU Health Hospice House
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