Colleen Nance Pinson

Evelyn Colleen Nance Pinson, 100, died Saturday, November 8, 2025 at Mountain Vista Health Park in Denton. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, with Nephew Steve Nance officiating and LoriAnn Little Owen, vocalist.  Burial will follow in the Denton Town Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10-10:45 AM prior to the service on Wednesday at Briggs Funeral Home. 

Born in Davidson County on November 14, 1924, she was the daughter of Thomas Troy and Sadie Cranford Nance. Colleen was a 1941 graduate of Denton High School.  She was a member of Latimer Memorial Methodist Church in Belton SC, and was a seamstress with Maynard’s Home Furnishings, making drapery. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Benjamin Wyatt Pinson, and two brothers, Jack Cranford Nance and Larry Little. 

Mrs. Pinson is survived by a brother, Sidney Little of Jacksonville FL; 3 sisters, Troy Jean Nance and Lottie Buie, both of Denton, and Sara Sendecki of Tampa FL; many nieces and nephews also survive. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Donor’s Choice.