Doris Othelle "Mutt" Nichols was born on July 27, 1920, in Hood County near Granbury, Texas, and passed from this life on February 28, 2007, at McKinney, Texas, where she had resided with her husband, Houston Monroe Nichols, since February 2002. Othelle and Houston were married on September 2, 1936, in Big Spring, Texas and lived many years in Howard County where she was well known for her wonderful cooking skills, her exceptional quilt making talent, her cunning "42" playing and her gardening and canning expertise.Survivors include her husband, Houston M. Nichols of McKinney; her sons, Douglas Nichols and wife, Shirley and Max Nichols and wife, Jan of Big Spring; her daughter, Sandra Nichols Allen and husband, Jerry of Fairview; five grandsons; two granddaughters; ten great grandchildren; three brothers, Marlin Roberson, Ancil Roberson and wife, Ouida and Daniel Roberson and one sister, Andaleen Canen and husband, Paul.In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation.Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 3, 2007, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Wes Massey, pastor of First Baptist Church of Coahoma, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.The family will receive friends from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at the funeral home.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
