NELSON, JR., James Alan

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 07/27/2012 James Alan Nelson Jr., 31, died July 21, 2012 in Springerville. He was born Feb. 4, 1981, in Mesa, the son of James Alan Nelson Sr. and Belinda Preston Jones. James was self-employed as a residential housing contractor. He had a loving personality and accepted people for how they were. He loved the outdoors and music. James would want his three boys: Jarett, Kale and Taylan to know how much he loves and misses them. He is survived by his parents, Belinda and Robert Jones and James and Carolynne Nelson; sons: Jarett, Kale, and Taylan Nelson; brothers: Cory, Michael, Wyatt, Nicholas, and Nathan Nelson; step-brothers and step-sister: Eduardo Ryan Rodriguez, Daniel Aaron Rodriguez, and Elysa Christine Rodriguez; grandparents Rey and Aurelia Nelson and Ralph and Esperanza Preston. Funeral services will be held at 1 a.m. Saturday, July 28, at the Springerville Ward Building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Interment will follow at the Eagar Cemetery, 300 W. 3rd St. Burnham Mortuary of Eagar handled arrangements. Send an online condolence at www.burnhammortuary.com.