Alva Cemetery, Woods County, Oklahoma

September 02, 1926 - Ocrtober 26, 2020

Graveside services for Jewel Maxine Nichols will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 31, 2020, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Rev. Katie Hill officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.

Jewel Maxine Nichols, daughter of the late James Sylvester and Nita Hewell (Hightower) Hughes, was born September 2, 1926, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and passed away October 26, 2020, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 94 years, 1 month and 24 days.

In 1946, Maxine married Warren Elmer (Bud) Nichols at the Methodist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Following their marriage, they made their home in Edmond. She and Bud moved to Perry, Oklahoma, in 1948. Bud taught mathematics and coached all sports. Another move took them to Alva, Oklahoma, in 1953.

Maxine received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern State College in 1960, majoring in elementary education and English. Her master's degree was obtained from Northwestern State College in Alva in 1986.

Bud died in 2012 and Maxine made her home at the Homestead Retirement Center and Share Nursing Home in Alva until her death.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters.

Maxine is survived by one sister-in-law and one brother-in-law, Harold and Connie Myers; numerous nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Share Convalescent Home Activity Fund.

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