Nellie Toombs Caffery, 84 of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, February 6, at St Bernards Hospital. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She was a golden graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Nursing where she received her nursing degree in 1946. She came to Jonesboro in 1960 with her husband, Dr. Eldon Caffery. She was one of the founding faculty for the Associate Degree Nursing program which has grown into the College of Nursing and Health...
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