Larry A. Nelson, 83, statistics educator and consultant, died August 13. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and received a BS degree from Iowa State University in agronomy. He received a MS degree from Texas A&M University in soil science, and a PhD from North Carolina State University in statistics and soil science. He joined the department, teaching statistics and consulting internationally until retiring in 1989. Beginning in 2002 he served as interim coordinator and then assistant dean for international programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences until 2007. He subsequently wrote and presented several papers on tourism. He was active in the Capitol City Kiwanis and served as president 2014-15. He surpassed 1500 hours of volunteer service in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Rex Hospital. Avocations included bicycling, world travel, and serving as organist at multiple local churches. He was an avid genealogist, and traced his family's origin in the U.S. to John Lewis, a shipbuilder, who lived in New London, CT circa 1650. He was preceded in death by his parents Rudolph and Elizabeth (Lewis) Nelson and two brothers, Donald H. and Richard L. Nelson. He is survived by a brother David H. (Joyce) and sister-in law Dorothy (Richard) Nelson and nieces and nephews and their families.
Visitation, Saturday, August 20, 2016 from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 300 Saint Mary's St. Raleigh, NC 27605.
Funeral Ceremony , Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 4:00 p.m., at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home Chapel, 300 Saint Mary's St. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Burial will be in Lewis Township Cemetery near Council Bluffs, IA.
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