NAME: WENDELL EARL NICHOLS, AGE 61, OF COALGATE, OK.

BORN: JANUARY 29, 1941 AT BOEHLER, OKLAHOMA TO MARVIN WESLEY AND RILLA (MCKINNEY) NICHOLS.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2002 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 61 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MORRILTON, ARKANSAS AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: DARYL JEAN SNODGRASS ON MAY 1, 1965 AT LOS ANGELES, CA. ZINDA THOMPSON ON APRIL 28, 1989 IN COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION: WENDELL WAS A MECHANIC

CHURCH AFFILIATION: WENDELL WAS CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH.

WENDELL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: ZINDA NICHOLS OF THE THEIR HOME IN PHILLIPS, OK.

CHILDREN: LAURA SARD AND HUSBAND BILLY OF TROPPE, MD. PENNIE NICHOLS OF LOS ANGELES, CA. WESLEY NICHOLS OF KILEEN, TX. LINDSAY NICHOLS OF COALGATE, OK. ATLANTA NICHOLS OF COALGATE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: WILLIAM SARD JR. RANDI RODGERS. JACOB NICHOLS.

SISTERS: JOYCE WINSOR OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MARLENE PEELER AND HUSBAND HENRY OF ATOKA, OK.

1 BROTHER: LESTER NICHOLS OF ATOKA

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: MARVIN AND RILLA NICHOLS

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT: MAGBY CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD.

CASKETBEARERS: HOWELL MAGBY, EUGENE MAGBY, JIM COX, DANNY PEEL, JAMES NICHOLS, HENRY PEELER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GARY LANKFORD, JIM BARNETT, KENNETH BECK, BILLY WILSON, HAROLD WITCHER, BILL MILLER.