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Nell Haas Driver, 92
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Nell Haas Driver, 92, the grand matriarch of the James G. “Bobo” Driver family, died Oct. 18. During the past few years she lived at The Webb House, then NHC nursing home in Smithville where she died.She was preceded in death by her parents, Enoch Henry Haas and Lela Lane Haas Curtis; her stepfather Wesley Curtis; her two brothers, Harl and Walter Haas; her husband, James G. "Bobo" Driver; her third son, Randall Gray Driver; grandson Jake McClain Driver; and step-grandson J.R. Turrentine.She is survived by five sons, Jim Driver and Donnie Driver of Smithville; Mickey and Debbie Driver of Houston, Texas; Gary Driver of Tullahoma; and Terry and Charlotte Ann Driver of Indiana. Also surviving are stepsister Perri Mathis and husband Owen of Shelbyville; stepbrother Jack Curtis and wife Inez of El Segundo, Calif.; two nieces; 12 grandchildren and their families, including, 18 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.She was born July 31, 1920 at her parents’ home at Snow Hill, about four miles west of Smithville.