Uriah "Duge" Nichols, 85, of Waco, passed away at a local hospital on Friday, March 28, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 31, at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors chapel with the Rev. Carrol Hambrick and Ivan Kerr officiating. Burial will follow at Gerald Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Uriah was born to Joseph Thomas and Nancy Casey Nichols on July 13, 1917, in Ranger. He served as a sergeant in the 36th Division of the Army in WWII, landing in North Africa and then moving over to Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 9, 1943. He received a purple heart and was awarded a bronze star.
On Nov. 11, 1990, he wed Becky Sue Barber at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Waco. His parents, first wife, Lorena Nichols, two infant daughters, and a brother, J. D. Nichols, precede him in death.
Mr. Nichols is survived by his wife, Becky Sue Nichols of Waco; son, Joshua Nichols of Baytown; stepdaughter, Pamela Patton of Lindale; brother, Marion Woodrow Nichols of Rosenberg; sisters, Johnnie Bush of Crowley, Tracy Nichols of Clyde; grandchildren, Johnathan Nichols, Steven Nichols, Megan Patterson and James Pattson; and many nieces and nephews. He was a loving husband and Paw Paw and will be greatly missed.
Pallbearers are Johnny Barber, Phil Barnhill, Fred Blanchard, Bill Hardcastle, Jerry McDonald and Audaine Robinette.
Waco Tribune obituary
Uriah was born to Joseph Thomas and Nancy Casey Nichols on July 13, 1917, in Ranger. He served as a sergeant in the 36th Division of the Army in WWII, landing in North Africa and then moving over to Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 9, 1943. He received a purple heart and was awarded a bronze star.
On Nov. 11, 1990, he wed Becky Sue Barber at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Waco. His parents, first wife, Lorena Nichols, two infant daughters, and a brother, J. D. Nichols, precede him in death.
Mr. Nichols is survived by his wife, Becky Sue Nichols of Waco; son, Joshua Nichols of Baytown; stepdaughter, Pamela Patton of Lindale; brother, Marion Woodrow Nichols of Rosenberg; sisters, Johnnie Bush of Crowley, Tracy Nichols of Clyde; grandchildren, Johnathan Nichols, Steven Nichols, Megan Patterson and James Pattson; and many nieces and nephews. He was a loving husband and Paw Paw and will be greatly missed.
Pallbearers are Johnny Barber, Phil Barnhill, Fred Blanchard, Bill Hardcastle, Jerry McDonald and Audaine Robinette.
Waco Tribune obituary
Uriah "Duge" Nichols, 85, of Waco, passed away at a local hospital on Friday, March 28, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 31, at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors chapel with the Rev. Carrol Hambrick and Ivan Kerr officiating. Burial will follow at Gerald Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Uriah was born to Joseph Thomas and Nancy Casey Nichols on July 13, 1917, in Ranger. He served as a sergeant in the 36th Division of the Army in WWII, landing in North Africa and then moving over to Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 9, 1943. He received a purple heart and was awarded a bronze star.
On Nov. 11, 1990, he wed Becky Sue Barber at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Waco. His parents, first wife, Lorena Nichols, two infant daughters, and a brother, J. D. Nichols, precede him in death.
Mr. Nichols is survived by his wife, Becky Sue Nichols of Waco; son, Joshua Nichols of Baytown; stepdaughter, Pamela Patton of Lindale; brother, Marion Woodrow Nichols of Rosenberg; sisters, Johnnie Bush of Crowley, Tracy Nichols of Clyde; grandchildren, Johnathan Nichols, Steven Nichols, Megan Patterson and James Pattson; and many nieces and nephews. He was a loving husband and Paw Paw and will be greatly missed.
Pallbearers are Johnny Barber, Phil Barnhill, Fred Blanchard, Bill Hardcastle, Jerry McDonald and Audaine Robinette.
Waco Tribune obituary
Uriah was born to Joseph Thomas and Nancy Casey Nichols on July 13, 1917, in Ranger. He served as a sergeant in the 36th Division of the Army in WWII, landing in North Africa and then moving over to Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 9, 1943. He received a purple heart and was awarded a bronze star.
On Nov. 11, 1990, he wed Becky Sue Barber at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Waco. His parents, first wife, Lorena Nichols, two infant daughters, and a brother, J. D. Nichols, precede him in death.
Mr. Nichols is survived by his wife, Becky Sue Nichols of Waco; son, Joshua Nichols of Baytown; stepdaughter, Pamela Patton of Lindale; brother, Marion Woodrow Nichols of Rosenberg; sisters, Johnnie Bush of Crowley, Tracy Nichols of Clyde; grandchildren, Johnathan Nichols, Steven Nichols, Megan Patterson and James Pattson; and many nieces and nephews. He was a loving husband and Paw Paw and will be greatly missed.
Pallbearers are Johnny Barber, Phil Barnhill, Fred Blanchard, Bill Hardcastle, Jerry McDonald and Audaine Robinette.
Waco Tribune obituary
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