WATAUGA COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Mary Alice Nichols, 23 Mar 2004
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SHELBYVILLE, N.C. -- Mrs. Mary Alice Nichols, 77, of Shelbyville, 
died Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at Centennial Medical Center in 
Nashville after a brief illness.
A native of Boone, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Walter 
L. and Hazel Wilcox Cooke. She was an active member of and Sunday 
school teacher at First Baptist Church in Shelbyville. She was a 
member of the Shelbyville Women's Club and the Volunteer Garden 
Club.
A former special education teacher in the Bedford County School 
System, Mrs. Nichols received her undergraduate degree from Howard 
University and her master's degree from the University of Alabama. 
She was an accomplished pianist and artist and donated many volunteer 
hours to the Shelbyville Kiwanis Club and the Multicounty Cancer 
Network.
She was the beloved wife of Mack Nichols Jr. of Shelbyville and the 
cherished mother of Nancy Nichols Alexander and the late James Nichols. 
She was a devoted grandmother who was loved and adored by her two 
grandchildren, William and Mary McClain Alexander.
She is survived by her husband of 56+ years, Mack Nichols Jr. of 
Shelbyville; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Brent Alexander of 
Knoxville; sister, Lucille Scott of Elizabethton; brother, Mack Cooke 
of Elizabethton; brothers and sisters-in-law, Carole Cooke, Jenny 
Cooke, Nancy Cooke and Lucille Triplett; two grandchildren, William 
and Nancy McClain Alexander.
She was preceded in death by her son, James Nichols, in 1979; brothers, 
Mike and "Doc" Cooke; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill Scott, Bynum 
Triplett, Margie and Graham Petrey, and Hilda and Selba Campbell.
After receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial 
Chapel, Mrs. Nichols will be returned to Elizabethton for a graveside 
service at 12 noon at Happy Valley Memorial Park with the Rev. Gary 
Edwards officiating. Memorials may be made to: Arts Council, 
Shelbyville, TN 37160 or Argie Cooper Library, 100 S. Main Street, 
Shelbyville, TN 37160. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, 2022 N. Main Street, 
Shelbyville, TN 37610, (931) 684-8356, is assisting the family with 
the arrangements.

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