Born in current day Shenandoah National Park, son of Edmund Trenton Nicholson and Sarah E. (Weakley) Nicholson of Madison County, Virginia. Lester and his wife Lizzie were married in Madison County, Virginia. Later they moved out because of the formation of the park.
His siblings are Neva Nicholson Weakley, Emma Nicholson, Clara M. Nicholson, Freddie C. Nicholson, Mazzie Belle Nicholson Brown, Felton Nicholson, Festus T. Nicholson, and Gernie B. Nicholson.
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+++ Lester Nicholson LEXINGTON (PNS) Lester M. Nicholson, 89, a retired carpenter, died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday at the McLean County Nursing Home, Normal. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Musselman Funeral Home, the Rev. Phillip Merritt and the Rev. Raymond Harrison officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 30, 1887, in Madison County, Virginia, a son of Edward Trenton and Sarah Weakley Nicholson. He married Elizabeth Breeden Sept. 2, 1908, in Madison County, Virginia. Surviving are his wife; a son, Floyd Nicholson, and two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Becker and Mrs. Maxine Wills, all of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Mazie Brown, Syria, Va., and Mrs. Gernie Nicholson, Winchester, Va.; seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A son, three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Mr. Nicholson belonged to the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Lexington. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
April 8, 1977
The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois · Page 31
The Nicholson Family were Methodists by tradition. Lester was no exception to that rule. He, Lizzie and their daughter Ethel were all ordained ministers.
Lester owned a 1951 Ford Custom. It is owned by my father, it still has all original interior and tires and it runs, Amazing.
His siblings are Neva Nicholson Weakley, Emma Nicholson, Clara M. Nicholson, Freddie C. Nicholson, Mazzie Belle Nicholson Brown, Felton Nicholson, Festus T. Nicholson, and Gernie B. Nicholson.
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+++ Lester Nicholson LEXINGTON (PNS) Lester M. Nicholson, 89, a retired carpenter, died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday at the McLean County Nursing Home, Normal. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Musselman Funeral Home, the Rev. Phillip Merritt and the Rev. Raymond Harrison officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 30, 1887, in Madison County, Virginia, a son of Edward Trenton and Sarah Weakley Nicholson. He married Elizabeth Breeden Sept. 2, 1908, in Madison County, Virginia. Surviving are his wife; a son, Floyd Nicholson, and two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Becker and Mrs. Maxine Wills, all of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Mazie Brown, Syria, Va., and Mrs. Gernie Nicholson, Winchester, Va.; seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A son, three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Mr. Nicholson belonged to the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Lexington. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
April 8, 1977
The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois · Page 31
The Nicholson Family were Methodists by tradition. Lester was no exception to that rule. He, Lizzie and their daughter Ethel were all ordained ministers.
Lester owned a 1951 Ford Custom. It is owned by my father, it still has all original interior and tires and it runs, Amazing.
Born in current day Shenandoah National Park, son of Edmund Trenton Nicholson and Sarah E. (Weakley) Nicholson of Madison County, Virginia. Lester and his wife Lizzie were married in Madison County, Virginia. Later they moved out because of the formation of the park.
His siblings are Neva Nicholson Weakley, Emma Nicholson, Clara M. Nicholson, Freddie C. Nicholson, Mazzie Belle Nicholson Brown, Felton Nicholson, Festus T. Nicholson, and Gernie B. Nicholson.
💙💚
+++ Lester Nicholson LEXINGTON (PNS) Lester M. Nicholson, 89, a retired carpenter, died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday at the McLean County Nursing Home, Normal. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Musselman Funeral Home, the Rev. Phillip Merritt and the Rev. Raymond Harrison officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 30, 1887, in Madison County, Virginia, a son of Edward Trenton and Sarah Weakley Nicholson. He married Elizabeth Breeden Sept. 2, 1908, in Madison County, Virginia. Surviving are his wife; a son, Floyd Nicholson, and two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Becker and Mrs. Maxine Wills, all of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Mazie Brown, Syria, Va., and Mrs. Gernie Nicholson, Winchester, Va.; seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A son, three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Mr. Nicholson belonged to the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Lexington. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
April 8, 1977
The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois · Page 31
The Nicholson Family were Methodists by tradition. Lester was no exception to that rule. He, Lizzie and their daughter Ethel were all ordained ministers.
Lester owned a 1951 Ford Custom. It is owned by my father, it still has all original interior and tires and it runs, Amazing.
His siblings are Neva Nicholson Weakley, Emma Nicholson, Clara M. Nicholson, Freddie C. Nicholson, Mazzie Belle Nicholson Brown, Felton Nicholson, Festus T. Nicholson, and Gernie B. Nicholson.
💙💚
+++ Lester Nicholson LEXINGTON (PNS) Lester M. Nicholson, 89, a retired carpenter, died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday at the McLean County Nursing Home, Normal. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Musselman Funeral Home, the Rev. Phillip Merritt and the Rev. Raymond Harrison officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 30, 1887, in Madison County, Virginia, a son of Edward Trenton and Sarah Weakley Nicholson. He married Elizabeth Breeden Sept. 2, 1908, in Madison County, Virginia. Surviving are his wife; a son, Floyd Nicholson, and two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Becker and Mrs. Maxine Wills, all of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Mazie Brown, Syria, Va., and Mrs. Gernie Nicholson, Winchester, Va.; seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A son, three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Mr. Nicholson belonged to the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Lexington. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
April 8, 1977
The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois · Page 31
The Nicholson Family were Methodists by tradition. Lester was no exception to that rule. He, Lizzie and their daughter Ethel were all ordained ministers.
Lester owned a 1951 Ford Custom. It is owned by my father, it still has all original interior and tires and it runs, Amazing.
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