Garold Gene Nichols

1936 - 2015  (78 years)

• Name	Garold Gene Nichols
  Nickname	Bull Rider
  Born	6 Feb 1936	Nowata County, Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jan 2015	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	31 Jan 2015	Dover Cemetery, Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5478	Rossville
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Arley Elbert Nichols
  Mother	Nora Alice Cooper Nichols
  Family ID	F6804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Arletta Esther Sage Smith Nichols,   b. 22 Dec 1944
  Married	26 Aug 1989	Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kansas
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019 01:44:17
  Family ID	F6596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Debbie Nichols Dunn   2. Heidi Nichols Taylor
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2018 14:56:52
  Family ID	F6805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1936 - Nowata County, Oklahoma Buried - 31 Jan 2015 - Dover Cemetery, Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Nichols, Garold GAROLD GENE “BULL RIDER” NICHOLS WILLARD — Garold Gene “Bull Rider” Nichols, 78, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born Feb. 6, 1936 in Nowata County, Oklahoma, the son of Arley Elbert and Nora Alice Cooper Nichols. Gene graduated from Nowata High School and served in the United States Army and the Oklahoma National Guard. Gene was a truck driver for many years. In his younger days he was a bull rider, did team roping and was a bulldogger. Everybody on the rodeo circuit and all his truck driving buddies new him as “Bull Rider”. He moved to the Rossville/Willard area in 1990. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Iva June Reed; two nephews, Eric Nichols and Charles Arley Moore; a grandson, Dalton Ray Mclntyre-Nichols. On Aug. 26, 1989 he was united in marriage to Arietta Sage at Cedar Vale, Kansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include daughters, Debbie Dunn, Nowata, OK, Sage Nelson, Topeka, Yvonne Church, Minneapolis, KS., Yolande Nichols, Topeka and Heidi Taylor, Las Vegas, NV.; two brothers, Owen Nichols, Sand Spring, OK and Ervin Nichols, Tulsa, OK; a sister Jessie Palone, Nowata, OK; 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and several nieces. Graveside services were on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at the Dover Cemetery, Dover, Kan. The family receive friends on Friday, Jam 30, 2015 at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice House and sent in care of Piper Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 642, Rossville, Kansas 66533. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com