Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Betty June Nicholson

Betty June Nicholson, 86, of Fairfield, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016. 
Visitation was held from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 
Capps Memorial Chapel.  Funeral services followed at 2:00 p.m. with Bro. Don 
Suits, II officiating.  Interment followed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Franklin, 
Texas.  Pallbearers were Jason Barlow, Christian Nicholson, Mario Jimenez, Lillian 
Parker, Joey Watson, and Will Bonner. Honorary pallbearers were her grandsons 
and great-grandsons.

Betty June Nicholson was born on December 22, 1929 to Ben and Della Beasley Allen 
in Thermal, Alabama.  She married Charles Thomas Nicholson on September 11, 1951 
in Oceanside, CA and he preceded her in death on February 7, 2008.  Betty loved 
gardening, canning, sewing, and volunteering at charitable organizations in the 
Fairfield area where she had been a resident since the early 1970’s.  She was a 
former member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Fairfield Hospital Auxiliary.  In 
addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a son, Robert 
Coleman of Fairfield on June 29, 2015. 

Betty Nicholson is survived by a sister, Faye McCay of Redding, California; her 
children Betty Ann Nicholson of Fairfield; Richard Nicholson and wife Sherry of 
Fairfield; Susan Taylor and husband Terry of Fairfield; Candy Scott of Weatherford, 
TX; Lillian Parker of Mexia; Bobbi Bonner and husband Andy of Fairfield; a 
sister-in-law, Betty Hoff of Lewisville.  Many grandchildren and many great-
grandchildren have been rocked to sleep by her.