Nell Bauman

May 20, 1920 - January 27, 2019

Nell Marie Nix Bauman, 98 of Asheville died January 27, 2019. She was born on May 20, 1920 in Knox County, Texas, the youngest of 11 children of Morris G. Nix and Sallie Merrifield Nix. She married Willard E. Bauman of Munday, Texas on September 1, 1941. Mr. Bauman was a petroleum engineer with Gulf Oil. The family lived in several states including Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana and Texas. In her youth, Nell was a competitive athlete excelling in basketball, golf and bowling. She also enjoyed playing bridge and dominoes. The Baumans moved to North Carolina in 2009, residing in Hendersonville. Predeceased by her husband in 2012, she moved to Asheville residing originally at Bella Vista and finally at the Brooks Howell home. Nell is survived by two sons, Charles Bauman (Joan) of Amelia Island, Florida and Paul Bauman (Sandy) in Asheville, one granddaughter Rebecca Bauman of Gainesville, Florida, and grandson Chuck Bauman of Dallas, Texas.