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Corsicana Daily Sun newspaper - March 26, 2004 edition

Edna Grace (Hood) Nichols

Edna Grace (Hood) Nichols, 94, of Friendswood died at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 
25, 2004.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Corley Funeral Chapel 
with the Rev. B.F. Risinger Jr. officiating. Burial will be at Cade Cemetery.

Mrs. Nichols was born Nov. 29, 1909, in Axtell, near Waco. She was a resident 
of Corsicana for 35 years and a member of First Baptist Church. She taught 
Sunday school for a number of years. She was an active member of both the 
Joyful Servants Sunday School Class and WMU. Mrs. Nichols was a 50-year member
of Eastern Star, Chapter 118 in Corsicana.

During her lifetime, she owned and operated beauty shops in Dallas and 
Streetman. At the time of her death, Mrs. Nichols was living with her niece, 
Patty Copeland, and was a member of First Baptist Church and the Joy Sunday 
School Class, where she assisted Huis Egge in organizing the WMU and loved 
witnessing for the Lord and serving as a prayer warrior.

Survivors include the following: Patty and Frank Copeland of Friendswood, 
Joyce and Wayne Posey of DeSoto, Grace Holland and Earl Meddli of Dallas,
Carolyn and Jerry Marshall of Terrell, Mary Ann and James E. Leister of
Mineola, Carolyn Ann and Jack Wahlstrom of Friendswood, Cathy Sue Copeland of
Austin, David and Corie Posey of Costa Mesa, Calif., Marc Lynn Cox of 
Corsicana and Reed Posey of Austin.

Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home.