Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mrs. N. J. Nicholson, 1928 Sunday, 08 Sep 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ NICHOLSON, MRS. N. J. (2 Nov 1928, The Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK): After two weeks of intense suffering Mrs. N. J. Nicholson died at her home near Carter Thursday of last week at one o'clock p.m. She had lived there for twelve years and was well known. She was an active worker in the Retrop Baptist church, of which she had been a member many years. She is survived by five sons and two daughters, as follows: C. A. and L. H. Nicholson of Oklahoma City; J. W. Nicholson of Artesia, N. M.; Jimmie and Herschel Nicholson, Mrs. E. E. Carrol, and Miss Bessie Nicholson of Carter. She also leaves two brothers, Ernest Brewer of Little Rock, Ark., and Doshie Brewer of St. Joseph, La., and one sister, Mrs. J. W. Purvis, of Wynnewood. All of her children and their families were present at her burial, which took place at the Poarch cemetery. (Census, 1920, Oklahoma, Beckham Co, Poarch Twp, ED 13, pg 8B, #156/159 (T625-1451): Narcissie J. Nicholson, (divorced), age 49, b Ar; fb Tn; mb Ar; farmer; Lynn H., son, age 19, b Ar; f/m b Ar; farm helper; Jimmie F., son, age 13, b Ar; f/m b Ar; farm helper; Bessie L., daughter, age 7, b Ar; f/m b Ar.) --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html