Funeral rites were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church for Theodore Jefferson Nichols, 79, of 2120 N. 7th, who died last Sunday in a McAlester hospital after a brief illness. Rev. Joe Samuels officiated. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Mills Humphrey Funeral Home. Bearers were Bill Nunn, Bob Humphries, Bill Edwards, Gene Stipe, Matt Patterson and Tom McChristian. Honorary bearers were M. W. Priddy, Sr., Jasper W. West, Oscar Gamble, Joe Brogdon, Wyatt Holmes and Leo Lampton. He was born in Mt. Judea, Ark., March 16, 1884 and came to Oklahoma in 1908, settling at Milton. He later moved to Quinton. He attended Jones Academy. He moved to McAlester in 1923. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Quinton Masonic Lodge, member of the McAlester Consistory and the Bedoin Temple of Muskogee, and member of the Pittsburg County Shrine Club. His wife, Cordelia Belle Nichols preceded him in death Jan. 11, 1959. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Lambert of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mark Morgan of Tucson, Ariz.; three sons, Ernest Nichols of Krebs, Bob Nichols and T. J. Nichols, Jr., both of McAlester; three brothers, Parker Nichols of Vacaville, Calif., Sherman Nichols of Pittsburg, and Everett Nichols of Ft. Worth, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. George Medley of McAlester and Mrs. Cynthia Buie of Bowie, Tex.; 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
(McAlester Democrat, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1963)
(McAlester Democrat, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1963)
Funeral rites were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church for Theodore Jefferson Nichols, 79, of 2120 N. 7th, who died last Sunday in a McAlester hospital after a brief illness. Rev. Joe Samuels officiated. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Mills Humphrey Funeral Home. Bearers were Bill Nunn, Bob Humphries, Bill Edwards, Gene Stipe, Matt Patterson and Tom McChristian. Honorary bearers were M. W. Priddy, Sr., Jasper W. West, Oscar Gamble, Joe Brogdon, Wyatt Holmes and Leo Lampton. He was born in Mt. Judea, Ark., March 16, 1884 and came to Oklahoma in 1908, settling at Milton. He later moved to Quinton. He attended Jones Academy. He moved to McAlester in 1923. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Quinton Masonic Lodge, member of the McAlester Consistory and the Bedoin Temple of Muskogee, and member of the Pittsburg County Shrine Club. His wife, Cordelia Belle Nichols preceded him in death Jan. 11, 1959. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Lambert of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mark Morgan of Tucson, Ariz.; three sons, Ernest Nichols of Krebs, Bob Nichols and T. J. Nichols, Jr., both of McAlester; three brothers, Parker Nichols of Vacaville, Calif., Sherman Nichols of Pittsburg, and Everett Nichols of Ft. Worth, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. George Medley of McAlester and Mrs. Cynthia Buie of Bowie, Tex.; 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
(McAlester Democrat, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1963)
(McAlester Democrat, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1963)
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