Veteran World War I
Nickson, Benjamin Carl 9/13/1897 11/5/1982 Born: Willow Point,Tx. Vet: WWI Father: W.H.Nickson Mother: Zula Franklin Survivors: Wife, Myrtle; 1 dau, 1 step son, 1 sist, 7 gc, 11 ggc. Source: Adams Funeral Home Transcribed by Bettye OdomNickson, Blanch Lee 1/5/1899 11/28/1944 Born: Kentucky Father: M. Kemp Religion: Meth. Source: Adams Funeral Home Transcribed by Bettye Odom
Carl Nickson, a Crosbyton resident almost half a century, was claimed by death at 3 p.m. Friday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a prolonged illness, Mr. Nickson was 85.Memorial rites were at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church. Officiating were the Rev. Bobby Rine, pastor, and Glen Gray, minister of the Church of Christ.
Crosbyton Masonic Lodge #1020 conducted Masonic graveside services at Crosbyton Cemetery. Adams Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Nickson was born Sept. 13, 1897 in Willow Point, TX, and moved to Crosbyton in 1933 from Tahoka.
He and Myrtle Murphy were married on Dec. 26, 1949, in Clovis, NM.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Nickson was a mechanic and a member of Masonic Lodge #1020.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. A.L. (Bette) Williams of San Angelo; a step-son, Dale Murphy of Lubbock; a sister, Jessie Simmons of Lubbock; eight grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.
A daughter, Frances Steen, and a brother, Bill Nickson, preceded him in death.
Crosbyton Review, Nov. 11, 1982
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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