OBITUARY: Nickell, W.H. From: Norma Adams    Date: March 28, 2004 No date on this one. According to his age and his birth date, it had to be about 1943. No town listed but probably was Shelbyville, Indiana. NICKELL SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY Last Rite for W. H. Nickell, Factory Executive, to be at Church. Funeral services for W. H. Nickell, 62, vice-president of the Great States Corporation and also the Ray-Glo, Inc., who died at 1 a. m. Thursday at his home, 426 West Franklin St. will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the First Methodist church. Ministers who will be in charge of the services include the Rev. Harold Boyer, Indianapolis, the Rev. Charles A. Longton, paster of the Church of God, and Dr. J. W. McFall, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Edwards & Kohlmeyer. Friends may call at the residence until noon Saturday. He was one of the founders of the Great States Corporation in Richmond where he lived ten years. When the plant was moved to Shelbyville in 1932, he and his family came here for residence. He was vice-president in charge of operation of the company. Mr. Nickell was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic and Elks Lodges and the Rotary club. Born August 24, 1881 in Maytown, Ky, he was the son of A. C. and Gillie Na (sic)Pieratt Nickell. His marriage to Miss Lillie Halsey took place on Jan. 4, 1911. Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Georgia Martin of Shelbyville; a grandson John Harlan Martin, Shelbyville; his mother Mrs. Gillie Nickell, Mt. Sterling, Ky; five brothers, Volney Nickell, Shelbyville, Boon and Carl, Indianapolis; Stanley, Ashland Ky, and Tom, Leroy, N. Y. and a sister Mrs. Minnie Murphy, Mt. Sterling. ------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.