Mrs. Ruby Inez Nichols of Keiser, Ark., passed away June 22, 2003. She was 83 years old.

Mrs. Nichols was a retired school cafeteria manager. She was a member of the Osceola Church of God and was formerly the church secretary and treasurer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Earl Nichols.

Mrs. Nichols is survived eight daughters, Anne Belle Campbell of Mullberry, Ark., Inez Creecy of Trumann, Jeanette Walker of Boaz, Ala., Loretta Campbell of Jonesboro, Shirley Allison of Tyronza, Ark., Betty Austin of Mountain Homes, Ark., Sharon Collins of Tyronza, Ark., and Patricia Raper of Blytheville, Ark.; four sons, Leon Robinson of Carbon Hill, Ala., Earnest Nichols of Trumann, Charles Nichols of Lake City, Ark., and David Nichols of Okolona, Miss.; one sister, Leverne Hager of Paris, Ark.; one brother, J.T. McDade of Joshua Tree, Calif.; 32 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Nichols were held Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola. The burial was at Mississippi County Memorial Gardens in Osceola, Ark.