MINNIE LELA NICHOLS

DEXTER -- Minnie Lela Nichols, 85, of Circle City died Saturday, Nov. 19, 1994, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter.

She was born Jan. 9, 1909, near Bloomfield, the daughter of Louis Hickman and Laura Ann Corlew Harvey.

She married Leverett Sheppard in 1928. On Oct. 12, 1957, she married Barna Nichols, who preceded her in death May 17, 1981. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include a son, Bobby W. Sheppard of Duncanville, Texas; a daughter, Virginia De Rousse of Essex; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; an adopted granddaughter and two adopted great-granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by a son, two daughters and a sister.

Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, where funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Doyle Corlew will officiate, and burial will be in the Triplett Cemetery near Dexter.