Mary Nichols

Mary Elizabeth Nichols, 91, of the Shawtown community passed away 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Obion County Nursing Home.
Funeral services were conducted 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. The Rev. Jimmy Calhoun officiated. Burial was in Cobbs Chapel Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Rick Stone, Bill Stone, John Hartnup, David Hugh Keefe, Reid Yates and Jim Atchison.
Mary was born Jan. 14, 1932, in Obion County, daughter of the late Ellis Lee and Ada (McIlwain) Jenkins Rowling. She married James C. Nichols June 17, 1950. He passed away Dec. 1, 2008.
She worked for Kmart as an advertising manager for 39 1/2 years. Mary was a member of Cobbs Chapel United Methodist Church, where she was president of Seniors Friends, and was a member of Woodmen of the World Lodge 196 in Hornbeak.
She is survived by her sister, Peggy Adams of Lake Park, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Virginia Stone Cranford and Katherine Hartnup; and two brothers, Harold Jenkins and Robert Jenkins.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published in The Messenger 5.3.23