Erik,

I was saddened when Mom told me your Mother had passed...but like the others' have said, I believe she's resting and in peace now.   I have fond memories of her from years back(working for her) and always did appreciate/admire her spirit.  Hope you are doing well...Take care and God Bless!

Always,

Carolyn Hittle

Dear Dr. Carol,

I received your letter thru the Juice Plus+ family and I felt drawn to read it, as I know what it feels like to lose a parent.  As I read your words, tears fell in abundance down my face.  What a beautiful, celebration of your mom!  As much as I miss my Dad, I too know that he is in a better place, and felt a sense of peace for him.

Your letter will touch so many that might be facing the same loss.  You are such a blessing to the whole organization with you amazing wisdom.  May God Bless you and your family at this difficult time. 

Cindy Sebastian (Farmington, MO)

Erik,

It's been too long.  I'm sad to hear of your loss but have read through all the entries in the guestbook and agree your Mom was so blessed with a wonderful family and is in a better place.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

God Bless,

Barbara Mitchem

Carol and family - as this day of celebration passes, REJOICE!   Our family will be praying for you today ~ In Christ's Love, Bonnie Blair

Erik and family,

I am sorry for the loss of your mother.   It's a time of rejoicing and sorrow and I just want you know that you are in my deepest thoughts and prayers.  What a glad reunion day for your mom.

God Bless,

Monica Hallgarth Hamill

Arlington, Indiana

Dr. Carol,

I just learned of your mother's glorious entry into Heaven.   I read her beautiful "entry" story as you so beautifully wrote.  Thank you so much for such inspiration.  I am very very sorry for your loss.  She sounds like a wonderful mother and you have my deepest sympathy.  Thank you for sharing her story with us.  I will pray for you and your family as you are carried across the sand, as seen by one set of "Footprints."

Jackie Worley

Louisville, KY

Carol and Family,

From everything I have heard and read I believed she was blessed. From her sharing of life and love with others, to its return to her at the time of her journey HOME to be with her Lord and Savior. I can not imagine a more BEAutiful sight than what you have described on VO. I am praying for your family's PEACE in knowing that you all had a large part in a wonderful life and a glorious HOME COMING.

LOVE and PRAYERS,

Teresa Sokol (Jacksonville, FL)

Hi Carol,

I so enjoyed talking with you about our mothers when we met in the airport after the LB convention.  My mother passed away very peacefully, and I'm so thankful yours did too. 

What an incredible blessing that God is so mindful of our needs and that He paved the way for all your family to be there with her.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Rita Bingham

Dear Carol,

Thank you for sharing with us your mother's last moments. What a blessing it was for the entire family to be there when she went to be with her Lord. Though she is in heaven and you can rejoice with her, I'm sure that you will miss her and feel sadness for that. I will be thinking of you and praying for the Lord to comfort you and give you peace.

love,

Vera and family

I have only but briefly met Mrs. Nelson twice (15 years ago and recently 2 months ago), but I see the Godly love through her daughter and my sister-in-law, Claire.

I witnessed her hospitality through her daughter Carol (and Ken) during my last visit.

She has children exemplifying her service to His kingdom through missionary work, and excellent Godly service in Christian schools.

Grandchildren, like my 2 nephews that want to be mature Christian young men carry traditions from having Godly grandparents and parents.

Christian legacies are not written by "pew sitters", but by doers of the word which is quite evident in her obituary.

"We can only imagine what heaven will be like", now Mrs. Nelson is there for eternity walking the streets of gold!

God Bless all family and friends as you celebrate the life of Mrs. Nelson.

Rich Steiner

Thank you for sharing the story of your Mom's moving on to be with the Lord. My Mom lived with us for the last two years of her life as a paralytic & your story reminded me of God's blessing to our family from her being with us. It truely is a bitter-sweet event. You are sad that she is no longer physically with you but at the same time you rejoice in the fact that she is renewed in & dwelling with the Lord. Again thank you for sharing your story,  for being the wonderful Godly woman that you are and espically for being my friend. May the wonderful peace of the Lord dwell in your heart and bring you comfort.

Dr Jim Hubbard

Dear Carol and Family,

There's simply no good time to lose your mama and I know how much you'll miss her.  The story posted here about her was a beautiful testimony of a life well lived.  How truly blessed you have been which makes the loss all the more painful.  I know God will help you.  I will be praying that as time passes, you will be able to remember her in vibrant health, not the details of her departing.  She is at peace now in the arms of Jesus.  May God bless and keep you and your family.  You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Love to you,

Lynora Bayless

Hi Carol ~ we talked at conference of your mom. What an answer to prayer regarding her peaceful graduation!!

Here are a few verses I have found helpful. Perhaps they are timely for you?

I constantly need HOPE, to PRAISE the Lord, to TRUST Him, and
really believe in His SOVEREIGNTY. Then, I have PEACE. during
SUFFERING. Yea!

By the way, to get these verses to you, I just clicked the right mouse button
over each topic on the Browse Topics tab in MemLok, then pasted them here.

HOPE
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is
a tree of life.

Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written to
teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the
Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 8:24,25
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no
hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope
for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Jeremiah 29:11
"I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future."

Hebrews 6:11
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very
end, in order to make your hope sure.

James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Psalm 71:14
But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more
and more.

Job 42:2
I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be
thwarted.

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has
anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners.

Lamentations 3:22,23
Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is
your faithfulness.

Isaiah 40:28,29
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the
everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will
not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can
fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of
the weak.

PRAISE
Psalm 106:1
Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his
love endures forever.

Psalm 145:2
Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and
ever.

Habakkuk 3:17,18
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the
vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no
food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the
stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God
my Savior.

Luke 1:46,47
Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices
in God my Savior".

Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to
God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Luke 17:17
Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

Psalm 30:4,5
Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name. For
his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the
morning.

Galatians 1:24
And they praised God because of me.

Hebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a
sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name.

Psalm 116:12
How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?

1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be
honor and glory for ever and ever.

Psalm 34:1
I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be
on my lips.

TRUST
Proverbs 3:5,6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will
make your paths straight.

Psalm 118:8
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious
riches in Christ Jesus.

Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.

Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Joshua 21:45
Not one of all the Lord's good promises to the house of Israel
failed; every one was fulfilled.

Joshua 23:8
But you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have
until now.

Psalm 37:4,5
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires
of your heart.  Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he
will do this.

Jeremiah 32:27
I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for
me?

Psalm 37:23,24
If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps
firm;though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds
him with his hand.

Isaiah 40:31
Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will
soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am
your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you
with my righteous right hand.

SOVEREIGNTY
Ephesians 1:4,5
He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy
and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be
adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with
his pleasure and will.

Acts 13:48
All who were appointed for eternal life believed.

John 21:22
If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to
you? You must follow me.

Romans 8:28,29
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who
love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For
those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the
likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brothers.

Philippians 2:13
It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his
good purpose.

Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

Romans 9:18
God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens
whom he wants to harden.

Proverbs 16:9
In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines
his steps.

Psalm 139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me
were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Galatians 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a
woman, born under law.

Revelation 17:17
God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by
agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's
words are fulfilled.

John 6:44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,
and I will raise him up at the last day.

PEACE
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to
you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and
do not be afraid.

2 Corinthians 13:14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all

Romans 14:19
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace
and to mutual edification.

Psalm 119:165
Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make
them stumble.

2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times
and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

Philippians 4:11
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned
to be content whatever the circumstances.

Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth
with turmoil.

Romans 8:31,32
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us,
who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but
gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him,
graciously give us all things?

Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a
time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy
Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord.

Philippians 4:6,7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will
guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

SUFFERING
1 Peter 4:19
Those who suffer according to God's will should commit
themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

Acts 7:34
I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have
heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now
come, I will send you back to Egypt.

Psalm 9:9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times
of trouble.

Galatians 6:2
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill
the law of Christ.

Psalm 119:75
I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in
faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Psalm 34:18,19
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are
crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but
the LORD delivers him from them all.

Ruth 1:20,21
"Don't call me Naomi, " she told them. "Call me Mara, because
the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full,
but the LORD has brought me back empty."

Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
 
Job 2:10
"Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this,
Job did not sin in what he said.

Genesis 50:20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to
accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

2 Corinthians 1:3,4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts
us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any
trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

And, here's some on Assurance He saves us completely!

Assurance
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because
we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

John 15:8
By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit,
and so prove to be My disciples.

John 14:21
He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who
loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and
I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him.

Romans 8:16
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children
of God.

John 5:24
He who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life,
and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

1 John 5:11-13
The witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in
His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the
Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you
that believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may KNOW
that you have eternal life.

Acts 10:43
Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone
who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.

Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

John 13:34,35
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as
I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know
that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

Hebrews 13:5
I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU.

Romans 11:29
The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

May God Bless the reading of His Word in Your heart!

Dear friends and family,

I thank you all in advance for taking a moment to read about the heritage and legacy my mother left behind her for her children and her church.  And for those of you who know her, we would request that you would take additional time to sign in to the registry (creating a user account) and share a moment, a word, a thought or an experience that you had with mom in the past that touched you or had significant meaning to you.  We are collecting these thoughts as a family and I can't tell you how much it means for us to hear how mom's wisdom, strength and character touched your lives as well. We thank you in advance.

To my Juice Plus family, I would like to personally thank you in advance for all of your love and support and for taking time to checkout this obituary as well. Many of you who know me personally, know that my husband and I sold our home in Florida and built a home here in Indiana for the express purpose of being here when the time came that my mother would need me full-time.  We are  so blessed and honored to have been able to be a part of a home-based business that afforded us the luxury of living in a location of our choosing so that we could serve my mother in this capacity.  And a big thank you to our team in Florida who supported us and "allowed" us to go be where we needed to be.

Mom passed so beautifully and peacefully with all her children at her side and she went very quickly...a matter of only 4 days in a steady decline but she never suffered even up until her last breath...this was her wish and the prayer of her children for the last couple of years as we knew she was facing lung cancer with the decision for no treatment as she was ready to go home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Thank you in advance to all family and friends in advance for your loving support during this bitter-sweet time for me (us). 

Warmly, Carol Nelson Watson

Hi Carol & Ken - Our thoughts and prayers are with you! I'm so glad that you were able to return up north and spend time with your Mom - what a blessing she must have been in your life. She sounds like a fantastic lady - a softball player, who knew? Just know that both Henry and I are holding you and your family in our hearts and our prayers!

best,

Jen

Dear Carol & Ken, 

    With loving thought and prayers for you and your family.  It is truly a joyous "graduation" when your loved ones get to graduate from this life and begin a life with our Lord and Savior.

Richard Bach, who wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull said:

"Do not be dismayed at parting, a parting is necessary before we can meet again and meeting again if certain for those who are  (loved ones) friends."

   I know the peace and joy of many happy memories will be a tremendous comfort for you in the coming days.  I also know of the happiness you are feeling with your decision for being there in Indiana for your Mom.  You are so blessed to have had that time with her and being able to say goodbye as an entire family. 

   Bless you, Carol, for sharing the beautiful message of the passing "graduation" of your mom.    Loves and Hugs, Robin Pulley