VERMA MARIE NICHOLS WAS BORN ON JULY 30, 1921 TO OLIVER AND MATTIE VAN-JONES IN MOODY, TX. SHE GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST AS A YOUNG CHILD AND SERVED CHRIST FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN THE MOODY SCHOOL SYSTEM ALONG WITH HER SIBLINGS.
VERMA MET AND MARRIED LESLIE NICHOLS ON AUGUST 9, 1939 AND TO THIS UNION 8 CHILDREN WERE BORN.
LESLIE AND VERMA JOINED BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1984 AND SERVED THERE IN MANY CAPACITIES AND AUXILLARIES UNTIL THEIR DEATHS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE J.J. SHORT AND LATER UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR SAMMIE SCHULER.
SHE HAD A GREAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, WORKING AS A PROFESSIONAL SEAMSTRESS FOR MANY YEARS. VERMA TOUCHED MANY LIVES WITH HER UNIQUE LOVE AND CARE; A TOUCH, A HUG, A SMILE; YOU ALWAYS FELT A LITTLE BETTER.
VERMA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND 3 SONS; BRUCE, CARL, AND LESLIE NICHOLS, JR. (GLORIA).
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS AND SONS: ALICE CRENSHAW (TOMMY), MARILYN HALL, HERMAN NICHOLS, WILLIE NICHOLS (MARLENE), AND JANICE MOORE (KENNETH), GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND MANY LONG TIME FRIENDS.
VERMA NICHOLS WAS A TRUE PIONEER WOMAN. WE LOVED HER AND WILL MISS HER GREATLY.
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