NAME: LESTER RAY NICHOLS, AGE 66, A LIFETIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 9, 1937 AT BOEHLER, OKLAHOMA TO MARVIN WESLEY AND RILLA (MCKINNEY) NICHOLS.

PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 66 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: LESTER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT REDDEN, OK.

MARRIED: LOIS WILLIS IN DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: LESTER WAS A LOGGER AND TRUCK DRIVER FOR THE JOE BROWN COMPANY FOR 18 YEARS

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

LESTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY. HE LOVED VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND MAKING NEWS FRIENDS AT THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS.

SURVIVED BY

FORMER WIFE AND MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: LOIS WOODS OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.

CHILDREN: TONY DWAIN NICHOLS AND WIFE DEBRA OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. JAMES WESLEY NICHOLS AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF ATOKA, OK. TERESA LYNN WILLIAMS AND FRIEND WILLIE OF TULSA, OK. DAVID RAY NICHOLS AND WIFE GINA OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. ROBERT ALLEN NICHOLS AND WIFE KAREY OF TULSA, OK.

22 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: JOYCE WINSOR OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WANDA PEELER AND HUSBAND HENRY OF BLACKJACK, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: MARVIN WESLEY AND RILLA (MCKINNEY) NICHOLS. BROTHER: WENDELL EARL NICHOLS ON APRIL 15, 2002. SON: BOBBY RAY NICHOLS.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JULY 20, 2004 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MT OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

INTERMENT: MAGBY FAMILY CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. ASSISTING: REV. LARRY ROSE.

CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE FARMER, JOHN ROWLAND, ROY PITTMAN, HOWEL MAGBY, HANK MAGBY, EUGENE MAGBY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOLAN WILLIS, PAUL FINCH, GENE VIETTA, COY MARLOW, TOMMY BARRIS, KENNETH WILLIS, LESTER WILLIS, DAVID WILLIS.