Nellie Sue Richards

a longtime resident of Tampa until moving to Peachtree City to

live with her son, died on April 23, 2019. She died at Southwest

Christian Care Hospice in Union City, GA. She was 93 years old.

She was born in 1925 in Cameron, TX, one of three children

to Thurman Peyton Worcester and Beulah Kirk. At the age of 7

she contracted Poliomyelitis in her right arm. She went through

a year-long recovery process. At the age of 9, her father died,

and the family eventually left Texas and made it to Tampa.

In her early years as an adult, she tried many times to find

training in various forms, but was denied constantly due to her

disability, being uneducated and being a woman. She found

what menial work she could. This is when she obtained a fierce

determination and learned to work harder than everyone else

to succeed. During this time she never allowed herself to be

called handicapped.

She eventually married and had a son, Robert A. Price,

remarried and had a second son, Donald M. Richards. Her

whole life revolved around her two sons. She worked as hard

as possible to give them every opportunity to them.

In the 1980s, while working and taking care of her two sons,

she struggled through night school to earn her GED. She eventually

worked her way up to a clerk position with University

Community Hospital, where she eventually retired.

She was a great seamstress, even with one hand, a gardener,

and an avid NASCAR fan. In her early years, she was a stock

car groupie. She was someone you looked up to; she was a

friend and a great mother. She will be missed. She is survived

by Donald M. Richards and her two granddogs, Jeb and Lucy.

A Memorial Service is planned at Blount and Curry Funeral

Home at The Garden of Memories in Tampa, for Monday, April

29 from 1-3 pm. Burial will follow at 3 pm.

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