Nelson Harjo was born December 20, 1964 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Bennie Harjo and Mary Anna (Belcher) Harjo and passed from this life August 23, 2020 in Tulsa at the age of 55.

Nelson was raised in Haltom City, Texas and was a graduate of Haltom High School. While there he played football among other sports and was very active in the ROTC program. Following graduation he played semi-professional football for a Dallas team.

Nelson went to work as an iron worker in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area where they erected high rise metal buildings. He was a member of the Iron Workers Union Local 263. He relocated to Weleetka in about 1993 to be near family. Here he worked as a truck driver and also as a dispatcher for the Weleetka Police Department.

Nelson was a member of the Victory Baptist Church in Haltom City, Texas which is where he professed faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized. In Weleetka he attended the First Baptist Church there. He actively assisted his father in the church bus ministry in Ft. Worth and with Faith Baptist Church in Dustin.

Nelson enjoyed the outdoors where he was often found fishing or hunting. He also loved playing baseball.

Survivors include eight children: Cheyenne Fields and husband Michael, Rhianna Harjo, Joseph Harjo, and Nelson Harjo, Jr., all of Weleetka, Cassandra Harjo and husband Eric McNac of Okmulgee, Cherokee Harjo and Johnathan Harjo of Okemah, and Jordan Harjo of Claremore; his father Bennie Harjo of Weleetka; two brothers, Bennie Harjo, Jr. and wife Brenda of Okmulgee and Daniel Harjo and wife Irene of Kennedale, Texas, and a sister Katherine Harjo-Ochoa of Weleetka; seven grandchildren, along with several nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 29, at 1:30 p.m. at the Alabama Indian Baptist Church in Weleetka with his father, Rev. Bennie Harjo, officiating. Family members will serve as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Interment will be in the Watson-Wiley Cemetery near Dustin under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home of Weleetka and Wetumka.