Funeral Services for Mr. Charles Alan Nichols, 73, of Hunt, Texas, will be held on Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 11:00 a. m. in the First Baptist Church of Tishomingo, Oklahoma with Rev. James Woodard officiating. Interment will follow in the Tishomingo Cemetery. Mr. Nichols passed away on April 25th, 2012 in Sherman, Texas.

Charles was born on March 5th, 1939 in Madill,Oklahoma to Earl W. Nichols and Clara Lee (Locke) Nichols. He graduated from Tishomingo High School in 1957 and was the Senior Class President. He graduated from Murray State College and afterward, served in the United States Army for 2 years. He married Shirley Tribble on September 2nd, 1961 in Farmington, New Mexico. After his honorable discharge, he attended and received his Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He worked for El Paso Natural Gas while in Arizona. In 1971,Charles received the National Science Foundaion Fellowship to Louisiana State University, where he received his Master's Degree in 1973. He taught Biology and Chemistry in Marietta, Oklahoma before moving to Sherman, Texas where he taught Science for 28 years before retiring in 1995 and moving to the hill country outside of Kerrville, Texas. He was also a 32 degree Mason and loved country music and the outdoors. Charles was preceded in death by his parents.