Mrs. Juanita Draughon Nichols, age 80, of Forrest City, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City.
Mrs. Nichols was born on Sept. 29, 1920, in Morten, Miss. She was the daughter of Aruthur Brown Draughon and Minnie B. Parkman Thomas. Mrs. Nichols had lived in West Memphis and Forrest City all of her life. She was a housewife and a Baptist.
Mrs. Nichols was married to Wallace Nichols in 1942 and he survives her along with, a daughter, Janice Lee, of Cullman, Ala.; a son, Roger Nichols, of West Memphis; three sisters, Wanda Sanders, of Wynne, Freida Wood, of Magnolia, and Dolores Findlay, of Lafayette, Ind.; a brother, Love Draughon, of Wynne; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a brother, Aruthur Draughon, in 1991.
Visitation for Mrs. Nichols will be Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Stevens Funeral Home. Graveside funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001, at 2 p.m., at Loughridge Cemetery in Colt, with Rev. Berlon Davis officiating. Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Pencolia Saine, age 85, of Forrest City, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Crestpark Nursing Home in Forrest City.
Mrs. Saine was a homemaker and was preceded in death by a brother, Booker Hansberry Sr., who died on Dec. 23, 2000. She is survived by her husband, Roosevelt Saine Sr., of Forrest City; a daughter, Dorothy Goodwin, of Chicago, Ill.; a son, Roosevelt Sain Jr., of Forrest City; two brothers, Q.B. Bradley, of New Jersey and R.D. Bradley, of Chicago, Ill.; seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Saine will be Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Kennedy Chapel Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held Friday, Jan. 12, 2001, at 11 a.m., in the Pine Tree Church of God in Christ in Caldwell, with the Elder Verlee Lucas officiating. Burial will follow at Stanley Grove Cemetery. Kennedy Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.