K. James Nicholas

© Enid News and Eagle

10-18-2013

Submitted by: Ann Weber

© Enid News and Eagle

ENID, OK - Funeral service for K. James ?Jim? Nicholas, 78, of Enid, will be 10 a.m. today, Oct. 18, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr. J. Bruce Byers will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

Jim was born April 17, 1935, in Enid to Nicholas H. Nicholas II and Genevieve Hathoot Nicholas, and passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Enid.

He attended Enid High School and graduated from Kemper Military School in Kansas City, Mo. He also attended Oklahoma A&M University.

With his brothers Bud and David, and father Nick, Jim established Nicholas Real Estate in 1955. Jim was passionate about real estate. He was honored to serve as President of the Oklahoma Association of Realtors and the Enid Metro Association of Realtors. He was Oklahoma Realtor of the Year in 1990 and a nine-year director of the National Association of Realtors. Jim also served on the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. More recently, Jim created and operated Nicholas Farm and Ranch, combining his love of real estate and ranching.

Jim was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a charter member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He served as deacon, elder and trustee of First Presbyterian Church.

Jim was an avid Oklahoma State sports fan. He enjoyed attending games with Ila, his wife of 51 years.

After family, his love was his ranch. He spent as much time as possible working and hunting at the ranch, where he had great times with his children and grandkids.

He is survived by his wife, Ila; sons, Jimmy and wife Molly of Enid, and Jeff and wife Tracy of Little Rock, Ark.; grandchildren, Cassidy and Jake of Enid, and Victoria, Evan and Allie of Little Rock, Ark.; and two brothers, Bud Nicholas of Enid, and David Nicholas of Green Mountain Falls, Colo.

He was preceded by sisters, Vivienne Barrack, Marguerite Rainey and Rosalie Brewer.

Memorials can be made in his memory to the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at the University of Oklahoma or the Freedom Volunteer Fire Department of Woods County, with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of funds.

(Submitted by family)

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