Mrs. Mary (Bill) Ballard Nicholson, age 78 of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Mrs. Nicholson was born Thursday, December 26, 1929 in Clay Couty, NC to the late Lester Ballard and the late Monire Hollifield Ballard. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church.
Survivors include: husband, Milas Nicholson of Hiawassee, GA; daughters, Elizabeth Foster of Royston, GA, Deborah Templeton of Blairsville, GA and Jeanetta (Jean) Pocius of Blairsville, GA; sons, Charles I. Nicholson of Hiawassee, GA, Milas Nicholson, Jr. of Cumming, GA and Reginald Nicholson of Lampasas, TX; sisters, Ruby Edmonson of Jackson, MS and Thelma Ballard of Hiawassee, GA; twenty grandchildren, four great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. from the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Rogers officiating. Music will be provided by, Jerry Taylor, Tommy and Irma Flanangan and Mitzi Holloway. Interment will follow in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are: Patrick Nicholson, Brian Nicholson, Kurt Nicholson, Rodney Nicholson, Glenn Nicholson and Chuck Caldwell.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-9, Saturday, February 2.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations may be made to Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery Fund or Towns County Retired Teachers Scholarship Fund..
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.