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Benny Porter NICHOLS

Gaines County (aka Gaines County South) Cemetery
Gaines County,
Texas

Freida Sue
October 16, 1933-June 10, 1997
Mammie

Married May 31, 1953

Benny Porter
March 17, 1934-July 20, 2014
Dado

*Obituary for Benny
Memorial services for Benny Dado Nichols, 80, of Seminole will be conducted Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the Westside Church of Christ. Services will be under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole.

Benny passed away Sunday, July 20th. Benny was born on March 17, 1934, in Dickens, Texas, to E.J. and Mary Porter Nichols. Benny and Freida Gipson were married May 31, 1953, in Dickens. He served in the United States Army from 1955-1956. He was a member of the Westside Church of Christ and a member of the American Agricultural Movement. Benny moved to Seminole in 1959 from Dimmitt where he had lived for two years. In 1975 Benny purchased Seminole Service Gin.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Freida Nichols in 1997; and a brother, Ned Nichols. Benny is survived by a son, Mark Nichols and his wife, Lucy of Seminole; a daughter, Lisa Dees and her husband, Boyed of Seminole; five grandchildren, Blaine, Lindsay and Brett Nichols, Leslie Kinman and Brady Shivers; five great-grandchildren, Kamryn and Travis Nichols, Laikyn Nichols, Brylee and Berklee Kinman; and a sister, Tookie Cash. The family suggests memorials be made to the Westside Church of Christ Building Fund or the Lubbock Christian Children's Home. Family and friends visitation will be Monday, July 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ratliff Funeral Home in Seminole.

Obituary by Ratliff Funeral Home/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

Contributed on 12/27/19 by neldapat
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Submitted: 12/27/19 • Approved: 12/27/19 • Last Updated: 12/30/19 • R249209-G249208-S3

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