First Posted: 1/15/2009

Nellie Inman Pearson, 77, of 835 S.C. 9 East, Bennettsville, S.C., formerly of Gibson, died Thursday at her home.
A graveside funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Pine Crest Cemetery in Gibson, the Revs. Harold Salmon and Drag Kimrey officiating.
Surviving are two sons, Gerald M. Inman of Bennettsville, S.C., and Kenneth Pearson of Tucson, Az.; a daughter, Linda Hinshaw of Pleasant Garden; two sisters, Myrtle M. Pearson of Gibson and Dorothy M. Seals of Charlotte; four half-sisters, Mabel Thompkins, Lucy Cartwright, and Ann Martin, all of Fayetteville, and Jane Saunders of Raeford; two half-brothers, Wesley Martin of Lynchburg, Va., and Tracy Martin of Concord, Va.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium in Laurinburg.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Scotland County, P.O. Box 1033, Laurinburg, N.C. 28353. A memorial register may be found at www.mcdougald.com