Helen Mitchell Nichols

Mrs. Nichols was born September 25, 1925, in Alexis, AL, daughter of the late Collie Culberson Mitchell and Ollie McCary Mitchell. Mrs. Nichols received her 40 year service pin from West Point Pepperell in Lindale. At the time of her retirement, she was employed as an accountant. She was a member of the Second Avenue Baptist Church, formerly Maple Street Baptist Church, from the age of 13, where she also taught Sunday School.

Mrs. Nichols was preceded in death by her husband, William Herman Nichols, to whom she was married on June 28, 1947. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Survivors include her daughter, Jane Nichols Wood and her husband, Roy; three grandchildren, Virginia Lytle Chastain, and husband, Gary, Acworth, William Boyd Wood and wife, Kate, Titusville, NJ, and Lindsay Jane Smith and husband, Nick, Marietta. She is also survived by seven great grandchildren, Caleb Mitchell Chastain, McCary Joy Chastain, Miriam Joy Wood, Henry Wilder Smith, Nola Jane Smith, Charles Lytle Smith and Virginia Claire Smith. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Carolyne Nichols Murphy and nephew, William Rand Nichols.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 28, 2017, at 11 a.m. in the Griffin Memorial Chapel of Daniel’s Funeral Home with the Rev. Monty Stallins officiating. The family will receive friends at Daniel’s Funeral Home on Saturday from 10 until 11 a.m.

The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Second Avenue Baptist Church, 823 East Second Ave., Rome, GA 30161. Daniel’s Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements for Helen Mitchell Nichols.