Billie Nicholson

Billie Nicholson

1928-2016

Services for Billie Ruth Nicholson, 88, of Quinlan, were held Friday, May 6, 2016, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton, with Bro. Dan Tarno officiating.  Interment was at Leonard Cemetery in Fannin County.

Mrs. Nicholson died May, 4, 2016, in Wills Point.

She was born March 26, 1928, in Leonard to George and Alice Stanfield.

She grew up in Leonard where she attended school.  She worked as a seamstress for most of her life. She lived in Mesquite for several years before moving to Quinlan. She enjoyed sewing and working in her yard.  She was a Baptist by faith.

She was survived by her grand daughters, Cendy Gass and Tammy Thornhill; six great- grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; sister, Katherine Bilyeu; and brother, Louis Stanfield.

She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Alice Kennedy Stanfield; husband, John Dean Nicholson; son, Jackie Louis Nicholson; and sister, Bobbie Andrews.