So sorry for your loss Sarah and Annette. We had many good times together. Missed seeing it in the paper. So sorry I wasn't there. Barbara skellie

Dear Annette, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. I so loved Nelle and the world has lost a true treasure. My deepest sympathies to and your family.
Roni Hunt

Dear Annette, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your mother.   Nelle was such an inspiration to me as a beginning quilter, and to this day I love handwork the best.   She was so modest about it too, and I remember well the talk she gave at PQs years ago.   I will treasure the memories.

 May the Good Lord Comfort all you Folks .Miss Attaway was a true Friend and Neighbor.She was always someone I enjoyed visiting and chatting with.You know it would do us all well to talk and listen to our Older Folks they have such a wealth of History to share,Miss Attaway was one of those Folks. May you find peace knowing She is in the comfort of the Good Lord ,and we all will visit with her again. God Bless .

Dear Annette Sarah and family,
     Please accept my heartfelt sympathy at the loss of your mother, Nelle (with an "e").
     Back in 1946 your family came to Largo.  That means as kids wego back some 70 years now (wow!)  School days to the present.
     For many years I only knew your mom from the historical society meetings and their annual Cracker Supper.  Then, some years ago, before your father died,  my husband and I would see your mom and dad, like us, on their late afternoon walk around Taylor Lake (the reservoir).  We would stop and chat.  Of course Nelle always had on a hat with some pretty decoration, or interesting earrings, or a pretty top or outfit, all of which were touches of her handiwork and craftsmanship.  After your dad was gone, and perhaps it was on an occasion when I would pick her up to go to an historical society meeting, she showed me her little workshop behind the house where she did much of her creating.      BASKETS!     Lots of them!     I  knew she was a gardener, a quilter, a sewer,  a painter but I didn't know she did baskets, too!  They were nice and I was impressed and Nelle wanted to teach me!  Although the last thing I needed was another project at that time, the next thing I knew I had agreed to lessons on how to make a basket.  We went to a little shop in the shopping center on Walsingham and bought supplies and also saw some very artfully crafted baskets on display.  I madetwo baskets under your mom's guidance and think of her each time I see or use my baskets.  I particularly remember the God's eye  (I think that's what she called it) feature on the basket.  I gave Nelle  one of my small, hand crafted country rag dolls in exchange for my lessons.  So, when I think of Nelle I think BASKETS.
     At her service today, what a wonderful tribute to her, the casket draped with the 50th Anniversary double wedding ring quilt she had made, her hats, dresses, rag dolls, paintings,  other small hand crafted items and BASKETS,  all on display.
     Her hands were never idle.  What a good thing.  I like to think of all the family and other people she has blessed along life's journey with her beautiful and thoughtful creations and the inspiration she has been to others to start creating.   What a legacy.

I am so grateful for your mother had ing started our Quilt Club.  It was also a pleasure to have known her.

Ginny Squire
Clearwater, FL

Sarah, what a wonderful tribute to your beloved mother, may she rest in peace.
Gwen & Carlos

Dear Annette, Sarah and family, God Bless you at this time and keep you in His Loving Arms.  Your mother was a very special lady and a good friend to my mom, Gladys.  On April 5 they met again in Heaven.  What rejoicing there must be!  Every time I look at the roses in my front yard, I think of your mother who started them for me from a clipping from my grandmother.  Praying for you and the family, In His Love, Carolyn Shoemaker (Clearwater, FL)

May the God of all comfort strengthen the entire family during this time of sorrow. God keeps in his memory those whom we loss because they are precious in his eyes. (Psalms 116:15) My deepest sympathy.

 Dear Sarah and family 

 So sorry for the loss of your mother .  Remembering her as a beautiful lady.  Please accept my deepest sympathies.

I am so sorry to hear of your loss.  Prayers being lifted for your mother, you, and the rest of your family.  Thinking of you at this time.

Thinking of you, Annette.  Although I did not know your mom, I am forever in her debt for all she taught you about quilting and that you have passed on to me.  I envy that the two of you were quilting buddies for so many years.  I hope the wonderful memories of the times you had together stitching will be a comfort in the days and years ahead.  Love, Lorraine Masten

So sorry Sarah,but be assured she is happier now to be with your daddy,you were a good daughter,
Thinking of you,
Carolyn and Jim Cordell

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Nelle Sue Attaway

March 11, 1923 – April 5, 2016

Serenity Funeral Home

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