NELA CHRISMAN

DEXTER -- Nela Chrisman, 79, of Arlington, Va., died Thursday, Aug. 28, 1997, in an Arlington hospital.

She was born May 19, 1918, at Rector, Ark., daughter of Bud Hill and Isabell Deniston Hill.

She marred J.U. Chrisman at Paragould, Ark., on Dec. 22, 1944. He survives.

Other survivors include a daughter, Karen Taber of New York City; two sisters, Vela Stewart and Hallie Fleming, both of St. Charles; a brother, Don Craig of Pine Bluff, Ark.; and a grandson.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter, with the Rev. Phil Warren officiating. Interment will be in Dexter Cemetery.