Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....NICHOLS, CURTIS August 6, 2009
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News Star World - Aug 09, 2009
CURTIS NICHOLS
Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA

Funeral services for Curtis Nichols, 91, of Monroe, will be held at 2:00 PM 
Sunday, August 9, 2009, at First United Methodist Church of Monroe with Rev. 
Larry Stafford officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park 
Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, 
Monroe.

Mr. Nichols was born to Dr. & Mrs. M. L. Nichols on February 14, 1918 in 
Chillicothe, TX and passed away Thursday, August 06, 2009, at Christus St. 
Joseph Nursing Home. His family moved to Rayville, LA in 1929 where his father 
was a veterinarian. They resided in Rayville, Monroe, and Bastrop during his 
life. He lived 18 months of his life at the home of his grandson, Kurt 
Heidtman, and his wife, Meg, and their children, Garrett, William, and Lily in 
Monroe and last resided at the Christus St. Joseph's Home in Monroe.

Mr. Nichols graduated from Rayville High School in 1937 and then played 
football on a scholarship at Marshall Jr. College. He was married to the late 
Earlean Guynes and Birdie Smith.

Mr. Nichols was the owner of the following businesses: Nichols Motor Company 
in Monroe, LA from 1942-1954; co-owner with Slim Scogin of an auto auction 
company in Monroe from 1946-1954; co-owner with brother, M. F. Nichols, of 
Nichols Wrecking Co. during the 1960's and 70's; Nichols Ford Co. in Rayville, 
LA from 1954-1981; Courtesy Ford Co. in Bastrop, LA from 1968-1994. Nichols' 
dealerships received much recognition during his ownership. He won the Ford 
Distinguished Dealer award over twenty times. He traveled extensively 
throughout the world as a result of the success of his dealerships and 
traveled to 10 nations in Europe. He also made journeys to Japan, Hong Kong, 
Central America, and the Caribbean. His list of travels also includes many 
cities in the United States as a result of dealership performance.

Mr. Nichols was past member of Bayou Desiard and Morehouse Parish Country 
Club. Civic activities include the Monroe Pacesetters and the Boy Scouts of 
America, former member of the Rayville Kiwanis Club and the Lotus Club of 
Monroe. Mr. Nichols was inducted in the ULM Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He 
is credited as being one of the founders of the now ULM Athletic Foundation 
and served as its first President in 1956. He held the position again in 1964. 
He is still the only person to serve in this position twice in non-consecutive 
terms.

Mr. Nichols was a U. S. Navy 1st Class Seaman honorably discharged in 1946. 
His hobbies include hunting, fishing, cards, and a great love for golf.

Mr. Nichols was preceded in death by his son, Curtis J. "Sonny" Nichols, Jr.

Survivors include his daughter, Carol Nichols Johnston of Monroe, LA; 
grandsons, Kurt Heidtman and wife Meg of Monroe, LA, Curtis Nichols, III and 
wife Dana of Alvin, TX, and Shannon Ray Nichols of Houston, TX; great 
grandchildren, Curtis Nichols, IV of Alvin, TX, Lily Heidtman of Monroe, LA, 
Shane Nichols of Houston, TX, and Carson Nichols of Alvin, TX; brother, Jack 
Nichols and wife Becky of Pensacola, FL; step daughter, Shannon Andrepont of 
Monroe, LA; step grandchildren, Brittany Wiltcher, Amber Andrepont, Breanna 
Andrepont, Stacy Luther, all of Monroe, LA; step great grandchildren, Garrett 
Heath, William Heath, Sorena Mayo, Aria Luther, Astrid Luther, all of Monroe, 
LA, and Cameron Smith of Alvin, TX; special nieces, Pat Guynes of Rayville, LA 
and Billie Nichols Smith of Arcadia, LA.

Pallbearers will be Mel Cohen, Tom Hayes, III, Flint Robinson, Jim Clyatt, 
Frank Serio, Eugene Smith, Charles Bier, and Skeeter Boyd.

Honorary pallbearers will be all former employees of Nichols Ford-Rayville and 
Courtesy Ford-Bastrop, Toby Bancroft, and Maurice Raphael.

Visitation will be Saturday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mulhearn Funeral 
Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

The family wishes to extend special thanks to his caregivers during his 2 year 
illness: Sheila Crocker and Deborah Criss.


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