Johnny Nicholson
Posted: August 19, 2022
COLUMBUS — Johnny Will Nicholson, 88, died Aug. 15, 2022.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Mt. Zion M.B. Church. Visitation is from noon – 5 p.m. today, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Nicholson was born Nov. 9, 1933, to the late James and Arilla Wilson Nicholson. He was a member of Mt. Zion M.B. Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Mary Nicholson and Rosie Nicholson; children, Mary Jean and Paula; sister, Beatrice Tate; and brothers, James Nicholson Jr., Robert Nicholson and Bennie James Nicholson.
He is survived by his children, Johnnie Byrd of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Robert Nicholson of Atlanta, Georgia, Barbara Holtz , Tracy Nicholson, both of Indianapolis, Minnesota, Barbara Jean Reed of Vancouver, Washington, Johnny Jamison of Chicago, Illinois, Carl Outlaw of Columbus, Johnny Outlaw of Greenville, South Carolina, and Willie McDonald of Erie, Pennsylvania; sisters, Mattie Thompson of Detroit, Michigan, Ruth Long of Macon, Betty McCarty of Muskegon, Michigan, and Annie Sealey of Brooksville; and grandchildren.