Terry Columbus Nicholas

April 22, 1949 - July 24, 2012

Terry C. Nicholas, 63, passed away at his home in Sherman on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home in Denison. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Southside Baptist Church with Reverend Keith Taylor officiating. Funeral honors will be conducted by the Sherman Fire Department and the United States Marine Corps Honor Guard. Burial will be in Pottsboro at Georgetown Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be the Sherman Fire Department Honor Guard. Terry was born on April 22, 1949 at Denison, Texas the son of Arthur Lee and Graccie Mae Jones Nicholas. He graduated from Denison High School in 1967 and served his country in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam. He then went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He retired from the Sherman Fire Department in 2006 with the rank of Lieutenant. Terry was a member of Southside Baptist Church. He is survived by his sons, Randall Scott Nicholas and his fiancee, Monette of Denison, Robert Lee Nicholas and his wife, Maria of Denison, and T.C. Nicholas, Jr. and his wife, Jennifer of Sherman; daughter, Nicole Christine Nicholas of Little Elm, Texas; brothers, Arthur Lee Nicholas, Jr. and his wife, Beverly of Wichita Falls, Texas, Pete Nicholas and his wife, Judy of Achille, Oklahoma, Jerry W. Nicholas and his wife, Wanda of Denison and Michael T. Nicholas of Sherman; sisters, Virgie Arnold and her husband, Roger of Ravenna, Texas, Vernice Johnson and her husband, Bob of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Ellen Burger and her husband, Jim of Denison, Judy McFadden and her husband, Calvin of Sherman and Sherry Watson of Sherman; grandchildren, Megan Nicholas, Mycah Nicholas, Beau Nicholas and Maddison Nicholas and great-granddaughter, Kenslie Faith. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, June Marie Nicholas. The family requests memorials in Terry's name be made to: the City of Sherman Fire Department, 318 W. Travis St., Sherman, TX 75090 or the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675.