WHITESBORO - The family held a Memorial Service for Derata Deatra "Dee" Nichols at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Southmayd Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Blain officiating. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Meador Funeral Home.
Mrs. Nichols passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.
Dee was born on December 7, 1958 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Albert Edward and Sylvia Maurine (Glover) Cardwell.  She married Terry Nichols on August 15, 1985 in Wichita Falls.
Survivors include her husband, Terry Nichols, of Whitesboro; two sons, Nathan Long of Southmayd and Shannon Reaves of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; three daughters, Chasity Davidson of Sadler; Chrystal Reaves of Electra; and Samantha Wright of Whitesboro; twelve grandchildren; three brothers, Albert Cardwell, Nick Nichols and John David Nichols; four sisters, Alice Faye Fedler, Alma Isaacs, Sherry Womack and Robin Noey; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Sylvia Cardwell; and a grandson, Joshua James Davidson.---Meador Funeral Home