NAME: DAVID RAY NICHOLS, AGE 32, OF THE BROKEN ARROW - OWASSO AREA AND A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 22, 1972 AT ATOKA TO LESTER AND LOIS JAWANA (WILLIS) NICHOLS.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2005 AT ST. JOHNS MEDICAL CENTER IN TULSA, OK.

AGE: 32 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS

EDUCATION: DAVID ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 1990. IN HIGH SCHOOL, DAVID WAS ACTIVE IN THE FUTURE FARMERS CHAPTER AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA HIGH DEBATE TEAM. HE ATTENDED KIAMICHI VO-TECH AND STUDIED COMPUTERS.

MARRIED: KIMBERLY MOSLEY IN 1991 AT COALGATE, OK.

GINA NEIL AT EUREKA SPRINGS, AR.

OCCUPATION: DAVID WORKED IN HEAT AND AIR INSTALLATION AND SERVICE. THE PAST YEAR HE WORKED FOR JIM'S HEAT AND AIR IN TULSA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: DAVID HAD AFFILIATED IN EARLIER YEARS WITH THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: GINA OF THE HOME IN OWASSO, OK.

CHILDREN: DAKOTA RAY AND EMMY NICOLE NICHOLS OF THE HOME AT OWASSO.

ZACHARY ALLEN NICHOLS OF COALGATE, OK.

PARENTS: LOIS AND R. L. WOODS OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.

SISTER: TERESA MARTIN AND HUSBAND JAMES WILLIE OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.

BROTHERS: TONY NICHOLS AND WIFE DEBORAH OF BULVERDE, TX.

JAMES NICHOLS AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF ATOKA, OK.

ROBERT NICHOLS AND WIFE KARRIE OF TULSA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: LESTER NICHOLS ON JULY 17, 2004.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: JEWEL AND LORENA WILLIS.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: MARVIN AND RILLA NICHOLS.

BROTHER: BOBBY RAY NICHOLS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

INTERMENT: MT OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON.

CASKETBEARERS: RAYMOND WILLIAMS Jr., JAMES MILLER, MATT WILLIAMS, JIMMY NICHOLS, ROY PITTMAN, LONNY BEAN, JAMES DON CORNWALL, DAVID WILLIS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LESTER WILLIS, WILLIAM MARTIN, JIM SNYDER, JAMIE HORN, DOLAN WILLIS, TOMMY CULLUM, JEWEL WAYNE PITTMAN, JAMES LEE CORNWALL.

FAMILY NIGHT-SUNDAY 6 PM