Mr. Lee Nichols

Walter Lee Nichols, 95, passed away, on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at North MS Medical Center, in West Point. Walter Lee Nichols was born February 11, 1918 in McCondy, Mississippi to the late Nannie Lee Westbrooks Nichols and Shelba Topp Nichols. He worked as a Communicable Disease Investigator for the for Mississippi State Board of Health 40 years and was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was member of West Point Masonic Lodge #40 F & AM, the West Point York Rite Bodies and a member of the Hamasa Shrine Temple of Meridian. He had served on the West Point Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for 23 years. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army having served during WWII. Walter Lee Nichols married Merlaine Young Nichols September 25, 1938, in Egypt, Mississippi. Had she lived until September 25, 2013; they would have been married for 75 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his great-grandson, Thailer Nichols; five brothers, James, William, Floyd, Randolph, and David Nichols, and one sister Margaret Hardwick. Funeral services will be Sunday, December 22, 2013; 2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with the Reverend Jeff Shannon officiating. The body will lie at the church from 1:30 until service time. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden Cemetery West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one son, Ralph Nichols (Priscilla) of West Point; two grandchildren; Douglas Nichols and Angela Noles (Alan); two great grandchildren; Ember Noles and Lyndsey Noles; two sisters, Mary Pinkerton of Belzoni, Florence Thompson (Henry) of Harrison, AR. Pallbearers will be Donnie Alford, Eddie Alford, Richard Milstead, Frank George, Mal Young, Harry Stevens, and Eugene Bailey Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. John Cox, North MS Medical Center- West PointER DoctorsStaff, and Members of the West Point Masonice Lodge. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 293, West Point, MS 39773. Visitation will be Sunday at First United Methodist Church from 1:30 p.m. until service time.