Marty and Karla Grant

!BIRTH:23 Jun 1926 Cherokee Co, NC Carol Horace NICHOLS son of J.M. NICHOLS and
Minnie MORGAN;

!CENSUS:1930 Cherokee Co., NC Valleytown # 17/17
Monroe Nichols head 39 M 23 GA-NC-GA
Minnie wife 36 M 20 NC-NC-NC
Elva dau 14 NC-GA-NC
Wendell son 9
Boyd son 7
Ray son 5
Carral son 3 9/12;

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 3rd cousin, 2 times removed.;


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/carpenter/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/


!NOTES:B/D and fullname from "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000", Ancestry.com;


!CENSUS:1930 Graham Co., NC Cheoah # 137/139
Albert Sherrill head 33 M 19 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Lizzie wife 31 M 17
Joyce dau 11
Mike son 9
Dorothy dau 7
Ruth dau 6
Mary dua 4 6/12
Helen dau 1 10/12;


!OBIT:Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:48 AM CDT
Ruth Nichols
Ruth Sherrill Nichols, age 86, of Robbinsville, went home to be with the Lord Friday, April 23, 2010 at her residence, while surrounded by her family.

A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Elizabeth Wiggins Sherrill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Carrel Nichols in May of 1999; her grandsons, Cale Hill in 1995, and Dion Crisp in 1991, and an infant grandson.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Nick and Leta Nichols and Casey and Huelena Nichols, all of Robbinsville; her daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Claude Crisp of McDonough, Ga., Judy and Michael Hill of Dawsonville, Ga., and Margaret and Jimmy Orr, Cathern and Buddy Adams, and Nancy and Ricky Waldroup, all of Robbinsville; 15 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25 at Bear Creek Baptist Church, where she was a lifelong member. The Revs. Lennox Hedrick and Wayne McGuire officiated. Her grandsons honored their grandmother by serving as pallbearers. Burial followed at Bear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Bear Creek Baptist Church.

Townson-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. An online register is available at www.townson-smithfuneralhome.com.