{"id":331655,"date":"2026-07-07T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/331655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:15:20","slug":"thelma-rebertha-nelson-august-11-1944-june-21-2026-postells-mortuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/331655\/","title":{"rendered":"Thelma Rebertha Nelson (August 11, 1944 \u2013 June 21, 2026) \u2013 Postell&#8217;s Mortuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postellsmortuary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nelson-w.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8437 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nelson-w-300x300.png\" alt=\"Grace Bible Church of Central Florida, 801 Dorscher Road, Orlando\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visitation: Friday, July 10, 2026<br \/>Visitation Time: 4:00 \u2013 6:00 PM<br \/>Visitation Location: Postell\u2019s Mortuary Chapel<br \/>811 North Powers Drive<br \/>Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Service Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026<br \/>Service Time: 11:00 AM<br \/>Service Location: Grace Bible Church of Central Florida<br \/>801 Dorscher Road<br \/>Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Obituary:<\/p>\n<p>Thelma Rebertha Nelson, 81, of Orlando, departed this life on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Thelma was born on August 11, 1944 in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica. After migrating to America, she became a skilled dress maker for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Thelma was a loving, caring woman with a heart of gold. She loved being with her family. Her children and grandchildren always gravitated to her. She instilled love, wisdom, and Christian values for all her family to follow. She dedicated her life to serving God with her whole heart and caring for people. Thelma was a beautiful, giving and kind individual that made a lasting impact on many lives, and she will forever be missed.<\/p>\n<p>She leaves to cherish his memories: children, Dailia Jones, Dionne Espeut-Stewart, Kimberly Jones, Carl (Annette) Shortridge, Lewitt Jones Jr.; sisters, Claudette Samuels, Shirleen Denton; brothers, Devon Denton, Donald Sweeney; 4 grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and many friends.<\/p>\n<p>Visitation will be held on Friday, July 10, 2026 from 4-6PM at the mortuary. A service of celebration will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2026, 11:00 AM at Grace Bible Church of Central Florida, 801 Dorscher Road, Orlando with Pastor Gene Pritchard, officiating. Final services and burial will take place under the direction of Lyn\u2019s Funeral Home in Manchester, Jamaica, W.I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visitation: Friday, July 10, 2026Visitation Time: 4:00 \u2013 6:00 PMVisitation Location: Postell\u2019s Mortuary Chapel811 North Powers DriveOrlando, Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-331655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}