Obituary of Herman Nicholas

Services for Herman F. Nicholas, 92, Price, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 24, at the Cottle Funeral Home Chapel, Troup, with the Reverend James Palmer officiating. Burial, with Masonic graveside rites, will be in the McKnight Cemetery, near Cushing. Mr. Nicholas died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in a Tyler hospice. He was born February 12, 1916 in Good Springs, Texas to the late Chris and Ola Nicholas. He was a lifetime resident of East Texas and was a member of the Clinton Masonic Lodge, # 23, Henderson. Mr. Nicholas had been employed as construction superintendent for Wal-Mart. He was still very active until four weeks before his death. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sadie Rawlinson Nicholas in 1994. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Floyd Franklin and Sybil Nicholas, Houston; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Wanda and Travis Porter, Tennessee, Linda Chevalier, Troup, Martha and Eddie Price, Georgia, and Carlotta and Gary Martin, Concord; a brother, Shirley Clem, Gresham; two sisters, Judith Turner, Troup, and Florene Norman, Gresham; 11 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Tony Nicholas, Terry Nicholas, Tracy Nicholas, Scott Martin, Brian Martin, and Jason Price. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, May 23 from 6:00 p.m. Until 8:00 p.m.