Georgia N. Nicholson

GEORGIA N. NICHOLSON Georgia N. Nicholson, 96, of 5 Redfern Street, Asheville, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at the Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Nicholson was born in Nashville, GA and had lived in Asheville for 80 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Sallie Nessmith, her husband, J. Earle Nicholson, who died in 1981, and by two sisters, Alice Pace and Corrine Head. She was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church for 71 years and was a member of the XYZ Club, the Daughters of the Confederacy, and the West Asheville Garden Club. She was a Red Cross volunteer, and worked in the house wares Department of Bon Marche Department Store for a number of years. Mrs. Nicholson was also a wonderful homemaker, cook, mother and grandmother. She loved to sew, knit, and basket weave. Surviving are four sons, Earl Nicholson, Jr. and his wife, Mary, of Candler, George Nicholson of West Asheville, John Nicholson and his wife, Rebecca, of Swannanoa, and Jack Nicholson (husband of the late Betty) of West Asheville; eleven grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, and two nieces. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. James H. Johnson and the Rev. David Tucker officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. Her great-grandsons will be pallbearers. Her family will receive friends Friday at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Flowers will be appreciated or memorials may be made to West Asheville Baptist Church Building Fund, 926 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806, or to the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813. At other times the family will be at the home of John Nicholson, 10 Spring Cove Road, Swannanoa (298-6533). The family expresses appreciation to Dr. Miles Elmore and his staff and extends love and thanks to everyone at Solace. It is a wonderful waiting place before heaven.