IN MEMORY ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Warren David Nichols, age 86, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2018. He was the beloved grand- father of NTCA Five Star Contractor Bradford Denny, Nichols Tile & Terrazzo Co, Inc., of Joelton, Tenn. David served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and received a Purple Heart due to being wounded in combat. After his honorable discharge from the Army, he began working for the Art Mosaic Tile Company and became a union member in 1955. The demands of his job kept him away from home, which is why after he married Juanita Ann Crockett Nichols in 1961 and became a father to her son Billy Jr., he was driven to begin working toward starting his own business. In 1973, after many years of hard work and planning, he proudly opened Nichols Tile & Terrazzo Co. Inc., and his company is cur- rently in its 45th year of operation. Some of David’s more prominent interests and hobbies included his membership in the Korean War Veterans Association, membership of Masonic Lodge #409, his involve- ment with the Al Menah Shrine, and his membership at First Baptist Church Joelton. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, racing go-carts, and playing music with friends. One group that he played with, The Cumberland River Band, played for over eight years at vari- ous retirement centers. His love for music went beyond playing and into becoming an amateur machin- ist so that he could build his own steel guitars. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Juanita Ann Crockett Nichols; parents, Lonnie Jackson Nichols, Sr. and Marjorie Parker Nichols; and brothers Jack Harding Nichols, Charles Edward Nichols, and Lonnie Jackson Nichols, Jr. Survivors include; stepson Billy Collier (Janet) Denny, Jr.; grandson Remembering Warren David Nichols October 9, 1931 - May 20, 2018 102 TileLetter | July 2018