Obituary of WASHINGTON SHERRARD NICHOLSON, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
39503

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  January 7, 1960

Headline:   Sherrard Nicholson Dies in Alexandria Hospital January 3

Washington Sherrard Nicholson, 53, of Jena died in an Alexandria hospital 
Jan. 2 as a result of a wound suffered in an oil field accident.

Final services were held at the Nolley Memorial Methodist Church where Mr. 
Nicholson was a member, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, under the direction of the 
Revs. A. G. Taylor and Otis Spinks.  Interment followed in the church 
cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Nicholson; one daughter, Mary Nicholson; one 
son, Raymond; one brother, J. M. Nicholson of Monroe and one sister, Miss 
Martha Nicholson of Shreveport.

Pallbearers for the funeral were Robert Little, Fred Holt, J. C. Cason, H. c. 
Harrison, W. E. Gean, J. F. Justiss, Sr., Jess Moffett, Jr., and Ralph 
Stanley.

Honorary pallbearers were Sam Brown, Shreveport; Davidson Brown, Minden; 
Ellis Brown and Elton Brown of Baton Rouge.

(NOTE:  Headline notes death on January 3, but paragraph on Jan. 2, as typed 
above.)