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Submitted: 3/15/21 • Approved: 3/16/21 • Last Updated: 3/19/21 • R397773-G0-S3
SERGEANT US Army
World War II
December 26, 1924 - October 23, 1981
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for Rhea E. Nicholas, 56, of 1302 Boyd, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Alexander Chapel of Memories with Gary Bortz and Delbert McLoud, ministers of the Johnson Park Church of Christ and the Gardener Street Church of Christ, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
Mr. Nicholas died at 7:38 a.m. Friday in North Plains Hospital.
Mr. Nicholas had been a resident of Borger for 35 years. He was employed at Phillips NGL and Refinery Department, and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Maxine; two step-sons, Billy Rine of Hugoton, Kan., and Gary Rine of Phillips; one step-daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Phelps of Borger; mother, Mrs. Pearl Nicholas of Alton, Mo.; two brothers, Bent of Wichita Falls, and Bill of Marianna, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs. Minnie Pingleton of St. Ann, Mo., and Mrs. Ann Whittington of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Mary Long of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Marie Robinson of Borger; and five grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 26, 1981)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Edward Rhea Nicholas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1924
Birth Place: Alton, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Barnsdall, Osage, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 26 Dec 1942
Registration Place: Barnsdall, Osage, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Unemployed
Weight: 181
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: J M Baxter
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Edward Rhea Nicholas Self (Head)
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Rhea Edward Nicholas
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1925
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1968
Marriage Place: Palo Pinto, Texas, USA
Spouse: Doris Omagene Lang
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 35
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Rhea E Nicholas
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1925
Marriage Date: 13 Mar 1970
Marriage Place: Carson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Varilla M Cowan
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 40
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Rhea Nicholas
Death Date: 23 Oct 1981
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Rhea Edward Nicholas
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 56
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1924
Birth Place: Missouri
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 23 Oct 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: W. S. Nicholas
Mother: Pearl Warren
Spouse: Maxine Cowan
Contributed on 3/15/21 by neldapat
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