John Edward Nelson, Sr., 72, of Pinson, passed away Monday morning, July 5, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 9, at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson – Crook Avenue Chapel with burial in the Young Cemetery in Gadsden. The family will receive friends on Friday from 9-11 a.m. service time. He was born in Jackson Jan. 11, 1949.