The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 8, 1994 page 10

CECIL NICKOLS

     Cecil Claude Nickols, a 92-year-old White Salmon resident, died Dec. 4, 1994, in White Salmon.
     Mr. Nickols was born Feb. 4, 1902, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Mary E. (Tompkins) and Clyde A. Nickols. He came to this area at the age of two, marrying Myrtle Walker on Oct. 14, 1925. He worked in the timber industry as a self-employed logger and worked the fall seasons as a night watchman for the fish hatchery. He was well-known in the area as a local saw filer. He also witched wells all over the area. He attended the Pinecrest Church of the Nazarene. He liked to fish and garden.
     Mr. Nickols is survived by his wife, Myrtle, White Salmon; son, Cliff Nickols, Woodland; daughters, Hazel Owens, Bend, Ore., and Eula Smith, Trout Lake; brothers, Bill Nickols, The Dalles, John Nickols, White Salmon; sister, Margaret Loose, White Salmon; 11 and children, 29 great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
     Services for Mr. Nickols will be held today, Dec. 8, 1994, at 1 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, with Rev. Steve Barnes officiating. Interment will be at White Salmon Cemetery.

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