Clyde Anne Battle-Nelson was born in Panama City Florida on August 14, 1935. She was the oldest of two children from the late Alex Berry Sr. and Lettie Mae McClain. She graduated from Rosenwald High School of Panama City, Florida in 1955. Three years after graduation she married a service man that was in the Air Force and moved out of Florida. She spent two years in London, England and eventually settled in Boston Massachusetts.

While in Boston she became a skilled beautician beginning in Roxbury MA., and eventually settling in Mattapan MA. In Mattapan, she owned Michelle’s Beauty Salon (named after her oldest daughter) for over 30 years. After retirement, she attended the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMASS Boston to feed her appetite for learning. Her first church home was in Roxbury MA., at Twelfth Baptist Church for which she was a long-time member of.

Clyde Anne was preceded in death by her brother Alex Berry Jr., of California, sister Lonnie Mae Champion of Boston MA., son Lynell Berry of Boston MA, former husbands Leon Battle, Sr. of Maryland and Stanley Nelson Jr., of Alabama.

Clyde Anne is survived by three children Michelle Battle-Darby, Beverly Battle-McLeod, Stanley Nelson (and wife Michelle) of Boston MA., and her death was preceded by son Lynell Berry of Boston MA. She is also survived by five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and her death was preceded by her two late grandchildren.

Visiting Hours Friday, March 18, 2022 in the Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston, 160 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 9-11 am. Funeral Service at 11 o’clock. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery.