Born in Lexington County, he was a son of the late Tilman Sidney and Nettie Lee Shealy Nichols. He graduated from Lexington County schools, attended Wofford College and retired from the South Carolina Public Service Commission. A member of South Main Street Baptist Church, he was a deacon and member of the Baraca Sunday School Class of the church. Services will be at 4 today at Blyth Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Dave Patterson and the Rev. Ryan Eklund. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers are grandsons.
Honorary escorts are members of the Baraca Sunday School Class of South Main Street Baptist Church. Visitation is from 3-4 today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Columbia Office, P.O. Box 6604, Columbia, S.C. 29260 or the American Cancer Society, Greenwood Unit, P.O. Box 1741, Greenwood, S.C. 29648. Blyth Funeral Home is in charge. Born in Saluda County, he was a son of the late John Ernest and Mattie Elease Burnett Price.