Don Nicholson

Donald Clark Nicholson, age 81, of Powderly, Texas passed from this earthly life to be with his Lord and Savior on September 16, 2018 at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 am Thursday, September 20, 2018 in the Gene Roden Memorial Chapel of Roden-Pryor Funeral Directors with Jack Hoskins, Sr. and Rev. Tom Calk officiating. The family will receive friends 6-8 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 also at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Daniel Clark Nicholson, Stephen Andrew Nicholson, Aaron Scott Greer, Haden Neal Kennemer, and nephews, James Edwin Nicholson, and Eddie Norman Nicholson, Jr.

Don was born in St. Joseph Hospital in Paris, Texas on January 17, 1937, the son of V.A. and Elizabeth Griffin Nicholson. He attended Paris schools. He was in the U.S. Navy on the USS Essex and later he attended Nacogdoches Business College and worked for the Texas Highway Department in Nacogdoches, Texas. He was a machinist and was the third generation owner of Nicholson Outdoor Power Equipment in Paris.

Don enjoyed riding motorcycles, especially taking long riding trips, target shooting, wood working, and leather crafting. His fondest memories were shared on hunting trips with his sons and and friends. Two of his most memorable trips were a bear hunt with his son, Lance, in Canada in September of 1977 and a moose hunt with his son, Scott, in Alaska in September of 2010. He took his family on memorable vacations that were learning experiences for his children, teaching them the love of nature. Also, one of Don's best accomplishments in life was teaching his daughter, Marilyn, to be a strong, independent, and accomplished woman.

Don was preceded in death by his parents, an infant great-grandson, Stephen Taylor Nicholson, and a brother, Eddie Norman Nicholson, Sr.

He survived by his former wife, Carolyn Stephens Nicholson and their children, Griffin Lance Nicholson, Stephen Scott Nicholson and wife, Deanna, and Marilyn Martel Nicholson Ratliff and husband, Jim; five grandchildren, Aaron Scott Greer, Jessica Nicole Barton, Daniel Clark Nicholson, Stephen Andrew Nicholson, and Haden Neal Kennemer; two great-grandchildren, Haleigh Nicole Barton and Jaxon Dean Barton; a brother, Jo Mack Nicholson; one sister-in-law, Elda Brown; nieces, Beverly Nicholson Hall, Rebecca Nicholson Clive; nephews, Eddie Nicholson, Jr. and James Edwin Nicholson; numerous cousins; and a dear friend, Mary Prater Wilson.