Dougherty-Terrell-Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....Nicholson, James Lawrence December 2, 2002
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
James Lawrence Nicholson

DAWSON — James Lawrence Nicholson, 85, of Dawson died Monday, December 2, 2002, 
in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held Wednesday 
at 11 a.m. at Harvey Funeral Chapel with the Rev. George Deadwyler and the Rev. 
Wyman Richardson officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Nicholson was a native of Sumter County, born July 5, 1917, son of the late 
James Jasper Nicholson and Adele Woolbright Nicholson. He lived most of his 
life in Terrell County, and was a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II. Mr. Nicholson 
owned and operated, J & J Plumbing & Electric Co. of Dawson for many years.

He was a member of the Golden Kiwanis Club, and served for a number of terms on 
City Council for the city of Dawson. He was a member of First Baptist Church of 
Dawson, where he was a Deacon, a member of the Men's Bible Sunday School Class, 
and previously taught in the Junior Boy's Dept.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, D.B. 
Nicholson and a sister, Marjorie N. Hayes.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Swann Nicholson of Dawson; two sons, James L. 
Nicholson Jr. and wife, Juanita of Barnesville and Walter S. Nicholson and 
wife, Martha of Dawson; and a daughter, Martha N. Jenkins of Franconia, N.H.; 
five sisters, Lucille Miller of Macon, Dell Lane and husband, Bill of Dawson, 
Mamie Brundige and husband, Winston of Baltimore, Md., Ruby N. Willis of 
Colquitt, Meredith N. McCook of Edison; and a sister-in-law, Juanita D. 
Nicholson of Jackson; eight grandchildren, Mark Nicholson of Manchester, N.H., 
Randal Nicholson of Brockton, Mass., Traci N. Howard and husband, Jeff of Green 
Cove Springs, Fla., Bethany Jenkins of New York, N.Y., Lauren J. Beck and 
husband, T.J. of Manchester, N.H., William Larry Jenkins of Franconia, N.H., 
James Nicholson of Dawson and John Nicholson of Statesboro; and two great-
grandchildren, Jeffery and Jaclyn Howard, both of Green Cove Springs, Fla.

Memorials may be made to the Lottie Moon International Missions or the T.V. 
Ministry of First Baptist Church of Dawson, 309 Church Street, NE, Dawson, GA 
39842.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Harvey Funeral Home 

Dawson 229/995-2104 



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