>From Minnie Lewis - The Modesto Bee And News Hearld Friday August, 06, 1937 Page 9 Modesto California Services Are Held For Samuel Nichols Last rites were held in the Sovern Funeral Home Tuesday for Samuel Jackson Nichols, 69, Shoemake Avenue rancher, who was killed last Friday in the runaway of a team of horses. Burial was in the Wood Colony Cemetery. Nichols was the father of Paul and Perry Nichols and Mrs. Opal Moore, all of Modesto, Mrs. Bessie Blocher of Riverbank and Mrs. Neosha Beechler of Indiana, and was a brother of Mrs. D. W. Wertz of Arizona Judith W Ewbank [email protected] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.