Mrs. Dorothy Moore Nichols, age 89, of Sheffield, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Helen Keller Hospital after a brief illness.
The funeral service will be held Friday at 4:00 p.m. in the Elkins Funeral Home Chapel. Sid Fulford and Neil Terry will officiate. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until service time.
Mrs. Nichols was a previous resident of Rosemark, Memphis and Munford, Tennessee. She and her husband, Walter Piercy Nichols, moved to Sheffield in 2001. After 63 years of marriage, Mr. Nichols passed away in 2003.
Mrs. Nichols is survived by three sons, David E. Nichols and wife Janet of Tuscumbia, Steve Nichols and wife Barbara of Florence, and Bryan Nichols of San Francisco, California; grandchildren, Kristy Van Rensselaer and husband Mike of Muscle Shoals and Craig Nichols of Ithaca, New York; great-grandchildren Miranda and Alexander Van Rensselaer, Hannah , Kayleigh, April and Samuel Nichols.
Pallbearers will be David Nichols, Steve Nichols, Bryan Nichols, Craig Nichols, Douglas Cochran and Mike Van Rensselaer.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to East Acres Baptist Church, 6904 Navy Road, Millington, Tennessee 38053.