Ruby Inez Nichols, 83, of Keiser, Ark., died June 22, 2003.

A retired school cafeteria manager, Nichols was a member of the

Osceola Church of God and was formerly the church secretary and treasurer.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Nichols; two sons, Norman Earl Nichols and Carl Leon Nichols; one grandson, Norman Earl Nichols, Jr.; and sone son-in-law, Jimmy Raper.

Survivors include eight daughters, Anne Belle Campbell of Mullberry,

Ark., Inez Creecy of Trumann, Jeanette Walker of Boaz, Ala., Loretta

Campbell of Jonesboro, Shirley Allison of Tyronza, Betty Austin of

Mountain Home, Ark., Sharon Collins of Tyronza, and Patricia Raper of

Blytheville; four sons, Leon Robinson of Carbon Hill, Ala., Earnest

Nichols of Trumann, Charles Nichols of Lake City, and David Nichols of

Okolona, Miss.; one sister, Leverne Hager of Paris, Ark.; one brother, J.T.

McDade of Joshua Tree, Calif.; 32 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and

four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola. Burial followed at Mississippi County Memorial Gardens in Osceola.