Elsie Nulton

Elsie Nulton, age 85 of Knoxville, TN, passed away on Easter Eve, 30 March 2024, with family at her side. Elsie was born to Rollie Miles Hedgespeth and Lelia Elsie Griffin Hedgespeth in 1938 in Campbellsville, KY. She grew-up in Lexington, KY with her parents, two older sisters, Alice and Martha, and younger brother Rollie. Elsie excelled at school, was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She taught elementary school for three years in Lexington. While at UK Lexington, she met William Nulton on a blind date. He was a graduate student at UK Lexington. They married on June 1961 and remained married for 61 years until his death on 24 March 2023. Elsie died exactly one year and one week after him. Elsie and Bill moved to Ohio where their children were born. In 1974, they moved to Knoxville, TN. When Elsie's children were older, Elsie returned to work doing accounts payable for Proffit's department store and later the Pilot Corporation. Elsie was a talented seamstress making beautiful clothing for her children and grandchildren including lace christening gowns and historically accurate colonial clothing for a multi-generational trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. She served as a seamstress for forty years at Shannondale Retirement Community. Elsie was a 45 year member of Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church (MPUMC), and was active in the Believer's Sunday School and Keenagers. Elsie is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, her parents and all her siblings. She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Nulton -Bodiford and her husband, Kevin and their son Jake and son William Nulton and his wife Crystal and their children Emily and Marshall. The family would like to thank her special friends, Jan Mobley, Oscar Washington and former MPUMC Minister, Bruce Gaylon. The family would also like to thank the staff at Morning Pointe Assisted Living and Memory Care in Hardin Valley which was her home for the last two years. A special thank you to Cammie, Susan, Selina, Autumn, Carrie and Hospice Chaplain Heidi. A Memorial Service will be held for Elsie at Morning Pointe Hardin Valley on Monday, 01 April 2024 at 3pm. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, April 3rd at 3:00pm at Bluegrass Memorial Gardens in Nicholasville, KY. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in her memory to the Alzheimer's Tennessee, Inc. East TN office, 5801 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919.

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Elsie Nulton

April 12, 1938 - March 30, 2024