THUNDERBOLT, GEORGIA - Nell Mallard Teeple, 79, of Thunderbolt, Georgia, wife of Charles “Charlie” Alexander Jacobson Teeple, Jr., died Sunday evening, December 12, 2010, at Memorial University Medical Center.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late William Howell Mallard, Sr. and the late Ann Catterton Mallard Wood. Nell was a former longtime member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Thunderbolt. She owned and worked in the restaurant and seafood business for over 40 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Shari Ann Teeple; a sister, Margie Mallard Hoxie, and a brother, William H. “Buddy” Mallard, Jr.

Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Charles “Charlie” Alexander Jacobson Teeple, Jr., of Thunderbolt, Georgia; two daughters, Vicki H. Coolidge and her husband, Fred, of Brunswick, Georgia, and Terri H. Eubanks of Savannah, Georgia; one son,  Charles Alexander Jacobson Teeple III of Thunderbolt, Georgia; two sisters, Bettie Ann Baker and her husband, Roy, of Whitehall, New York, and Margaret Blake and her husband, Ronnie, of San Diego, California; six grandchildren, Rick Coolidge, Carl Coolidge, Alayna Teeple, Brianna Teeple, Jacob Teeple and Calhoun Eubanks, and six great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 o'clock Tuesday evening at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

The funeral service will be held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by The Reverend Seth Bridger.  Interment will be in Bonaventure Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be her nephews: Mark Hoxie, Teeple Hill, Andy Teeple, Jeff Teeple, Frank Reynolds “I. V.” Hill IV, Stephen Hill and Ron Teeple.

Remembrances:  Bonaventure Cemetery Historical Society – c/o Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler, Post Office Box 2139, Savannah, Georgia 31402-2139 or Thunderbolt Museum Society, Inc. – 2702 Mechanics Avenue, Thunderbolt, Georgia 31404.