Nichols, Lois Elizabeth Whitton

Funeral services for Lois Elizabeth Whitton Nichols, 82,  
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 17, 2007, at the 
Calvary Christian Tabernacle, 301 E. Hawkins Parkway, with 
Pastor A.D. Spears, Pastor Ennis Fuller and Pastor Barry 
Rankin officiating. Interment will follow in Rosewood Park 
Cemetery. Mrs. Nichols passed away Wednesday, February 14, 
2007. She was born September 18, 1924, in Red Flat. She 
spent the majority of her life in Nacogdoches County and 
was a longtime resident of Nacogdoches.  Mrs. Nichols was 
a member of the Eastside Pentecostal Church and moved to 
Longview in 1986. She was most recently a member of the 
Calvary Christian Tabernacle. Mrs. Nichols was preceded in 
death by her grandson, Ricky Wayne Weeks of Longview; parents, 
the Reverend Johnnie T. and Cora Whitton of Crockett; three 
brothers, Johnny "Junior" Whitton of Nacogdoches, Troy Whitton 
of Dallas and Carrol Whitton of Dallas; and one sister, Sue 
Whitcomb of Crockett. Mrs. Nichols is survived by her children, 
Sharon Sanders and husband, Earl, of Cushing, Trilla Bailey and 
husband, Roland, of Longview, Jerry Don Nichols and wife, Tess, 
of Kilgore, Preston Nichols and wife, Linda, of Nacogdoches, 
Anita Harrison of Cushing and Tanya Williams Bush and husband, 
Jerry, of Kilgore. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren; 28 
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She is also 
survived by her sister, Clois Smith of Kirbyville; sisters-in-law, 
Bulah Whitton of Dallas, Patsy Whitton of Gladewater and Linda 
Whitton of Cushing; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers 
will be her grandsons, Chad Sanders, Roland "Lynn" Bailey Jr., 
Micah Nichols,  Mark Nichols, Jeremy Fults and Dustin Williams. 
The family wishes to express their gratitude to the friends who 
visited and the churches that prayed; and to Gregg Home for the 
Aged and  Texas Home Health Hospice for the care, kindness, and 
love they showed our mother. The family will receive friends from 
6-8 p.m. this evening, February 16, 2007, at the funeral home. A 
memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/16/2007.