Violet Mae Fields Nye, 78, of Stockton, died Tuesday, May 10, 2009 at Mobile Infirmary.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Stockton. She was a graduate of Miller’s Ferry High School in Camden; was a member and “First Lady” of the Triumph Church of Stockton; was a housewife, homemaker; and was the first female to be hired at Standard Furniture in Bay Minette in 1971.
She was preceded in death by her parents Catherine and Richmond Fields and two brothers, James Richmond Fields and John M. Fields.
Survivors include her husband, Pastor Prince Hazel L. Nye of Stockton; three daughters, Nancy (Enoch) Williams and Eula (Stanley) Jones of Stockton and Catherine (Clinton) Matthews of Florala; three sons, Winston Nye of Saraland, Mitchell (Patricia) Nye of Stockton and Havel Nye of Columbus, S.C.; sister, Mary Fields Williams of Stockton; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 23 at the Triumph Church of Stockton with Prince James George, eulogist and Prince Hazel L. Nye, pastor. Burial will follow at Robinson Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Turner Funeral Chapel LLC, Atmore.
