of Benton, AR
May 4, 1926 - July 18, 2015
Claudia Nichols, age 89, of Benton died Saturday, July 18, 2015. She was born May 4, 1926 to the late W. O. and Bertha Wadley of Salem, AR. She was a retired teacher from the Benton Public Schools and a member of the Northside Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, M. L. (Nick) Nichols; one son, Stephen J. (Kim) Nichols of Benton; two daughters, Linda Butler (Rick) of Dardanelle and Cheryl McCartney (Robert) of Chouteau, OK.; six grandchildren, Chris Butler and Lacey Butler of Dardanelle, Allison McCartney of Edmond, OK., Kara McCartney of Tulsa, OK., Katie Nichols of Charlotte, NC., and Parker Nichols of Benton; four great grandchildren, Jacob Coffman, Jaelie Laymon, Brayson Butler and Bailey Butler.
Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2015 at Northside Church of Christ with Jim Gardner officiating.
The visitation will be at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home (501-315-4047) from 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, July 19, 2015.
Serving as pallbearers are Chris Butler, Jacob Coffman, Brayson Butler, Robert McCartney, Tommy McCullar, and John McCullar. The honorary pallbearers will be the Northside Church of Christ Thursday Donut Gang.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Northside Church of Christ Corin Reed Christian Camp.
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8 Condolence(s)
Sheryl Potter
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Mrs. Nichols taught me at Grant Elementary in the second and fourth grades. I was ecstatic when she moved up to fourth grade and I discovered she would be my home room teacher again. She had such love for her students that I can still vividly remember 35+ years later. I was delighted to run into her several years ago at the assisted living facility where my dad lived and sat with her in the dining room for nearly an hour reminiscing. What a beautiful lady she was, inside and out. My condolences to you all.
Leslie Hays Richards
Monday, July 20, 2015
Claudia always made me feel safe, accepted, and loved in her home. Laughter rolling, hugs freely given, her kitchen redolent with the tantalizing aromas of goodies lovingly prepared and offered. In a world so deeply wounded, so painfully struggling, the loss of one like Claudia echos through all whom she touched in this life.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all as you face the days ahead. Know Claudia is once again whole in all ways, filled with Light and wrapped in the loving arms of her Lord. One day, we will all hear her laughter again.
On the day when
The weight deadens
On your shoulders
And you stumble,
May the clay dance
To balance you.
And when your eyes
Freeze behind
The grey window
And the ghost of loss
Gets into you,
May a flock of colours,
Indigo, red, green
And azure blue,
Come to awaken in you
A meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
In the currach of thought
And a stain of ocean
Blackens beneath you,
May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
May the clarity of light be yours,
May the fluency of the ocean be yours,
May the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
Wind work these words
Of love around you,
An invisible cloak
To mind your life.
John O'Donohue
Sue & Wes Poole
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Our prayers go out to the Nichols family at this time of sorrow. We had a lot of good times together when we lived in Benton. God bless you all.
Lisa Kline
Sunday, July 19, 2015
To the Nichols Family,
Prayers for peace for you all during this very difficult time. I have a feeling that Heaven just got a little brighter with her presence. My thoughts are with you. Love always, Lisa Greenhaw Kline
Reggie
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Sorry for your loss. My prayers to you all.
Rayford and Patty Windle
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Our deepest sympathy to your family. Claudia was a very sweet lady and she will be missed. Our prayers are with you.
Rayford, Patty, Rhonda (Walker), Randy, and Rusty & family
Carole Mitchell
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Katie - We are thinking about you and your family at this sad time . May the love of family and friends provide comfort and strength in the days ahead for you and your cousins, your sister, your dad, aunts and
Most especially your grandfather. God be with all of you.
Love , Carole, Charlie and Anastasia Mitchell
Dan Scott
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Dearest Nick & Family: You all are in my thoughts and prayers. Claudia was such a beautiful spirit and excellent example of a Christian. She believed the Bible and practiced and shared what it said. I loved her so very much. She went to sleep on Earth and awoke in Heaven.....what a blessing. R.I.P. my friend.