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Faye S. Nicholson

Mrs. Nicholson was born in Henderson County and was a daughter of the late Clarence W. and Elsie Guest Shipman. She was married to Preston A. Red Nicholson, who died in 1967.

Mrs. Nicholson worked as a cashier at Roses Department Store for 14 years and as a school bus driver for 18 years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Electa Chapter 228, since 1958, and was a member of the Women's Auxiliary of Western Carolina Rescue Mission. She was a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Nicholson loved helping others and always had a bright smile and a caring shoulder for all the children who rode her school bus, for her Rose's customers, for the clients at the homeless shelter, and especially for her family, for whom she lived and loved.

She is survived by her daughter, Lisa K. Nicholson of Candler; son, Douglas G. Nicholson of Flat Rock; sister, Margaret Stepp and her husband, Harley, of Flat Rock; nephew, Christopher Stepp, his wife, Heather, and their son, Sam; nieces, Marley Imm, her husband, Rob, and their son, Alex, Martha Herbert, her husband, Michael, and their daughter, Maggie, Karen Strickland, her husband, Terry, and their daughters, Tess and Kayce, and Emily Patterson, her husband, Butch, and their sons, Scott and Bradd; and sister-in-law, Geri Shipman.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Hart and Verda Hunnicutt; and brother, Sherwood Shipman.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill United Methodist Church, with the Rev. D. Wesley Austin officiating.

Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Her family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Oak Hill United Methodist Church, 227 Oak Hill Road, Candler, NC 28715; or St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is in charge of arrangements.

The online register is available at www.grocefuneralhome.com.

Published: 2006-12-31