Munford – HELEN DORIS BOMAR NICHOLS | 81, homemaker, died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Covington Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, January 8. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, January 9 at Munford Funeral Home Munford Chapel with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery. She was a life long member of First United Methodist Church and Senior Ladies Sunday School and a 50-year member of the Munford Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Nichols, the widow of Richard T. Nichols, to whom she was married for 57 years, leaves a daughter, Laura Lee Lipscomb, and a son, Dr. John Nichols, both of Munford; four grandchildren, Mary (Sunny) Lipscomb of Knoxville, TN, Bailey Duffer Lipscomb of Munford, Nick Nichols of Arlington and Lee Herman of Tupelo, MS; three great-grandchildren, John Michael Herman and Lewis Herman, both of Tupelo, and Molly Nichols of Arlington, and many nieces and nephews, particularly a nephew, Jack Bomar, who was an extra son. Memorial may be sent to the American Cancer Society or Munford Methodist Van Fund. Munford Funeral Home Munford Chapel 901-837-0123
[ HELEN DORIS BOMAR NICHOLS | Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 8, 2006]
Family of Helen Doris Bomar Nichols
Great Grandparents:
- Thomas T Bomar (b. 1822)
- Annie Notgrass Bomar
- John Alexander Smith (1837-1873)
- Jarusha Dorcas Walker Smith (1842-1917)
- Elizabeth Julia Hindman McCormick (1835-1906)
Paternal Grandparents:
- James Daly “Jim” Bomar (1862-1929)
- Mary Ida King Bomar (1860-1939)
Maternal Grandparents:
- Edward Scott Smith (1860-1932)
- Laura Eudora McCormick Smith (1859-1945)
Father: John Walter Bomar Sr (1897-1982)
Mother: Myrtle Clyde Smith Bomar (1894-1968)
Siblings:
- John Walter “Jack” Bomar Jr (1918-2001)
- Thelma Virginia Bomar Brumley (1922-1994)
Spouse: Richard Thomas Nichols (1923-2000)