MARVIN NICKELL

ADA-Services for Marvin Elmo Nickell, 77, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Monday at the First United Pentecostal Church, Rev. Daniel Johnson will officiate assisted by Rev. Todd Bergman. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mr. Nickell died Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born September 26, 1931 at Centrahoma, Oklahoma to Leon and Dorothy Reed Nickell. He attended Byng school and graduated from Byng High School.

He married Lois Gifford on July 17,1959. Mr. Nickell served in the U. S. Navy for four years and the U. S. Air Force for sixteen years. He and his family moved to Ada in 1970. Later, he was employed by the Ada Candy Company and T. G. & Y. Store and a member of the First United Pentecostal Church where he served on the Board of Trustees.

Survivors include his wife, Lois Nickell, of the home; two daughters, Carolyn Chambers and husband John, Wewoka, and Lisa Bergman and husband Rev. Todd Bergman, Turpin, OK; three sons, David Nickell and wife Lela, Van Buren, AR, Mark Nickell and wife Sonja, Greenwood, AR, and Steven Nickell, Centerton, AR; one sister, Joyce Newberry, Ada; a brother, Wiley Nickell, of the home; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Betty June Nickell.

Bearers will be Fred Johnson, Richard Geyer, Bill Richmond, Tom Sellers, Chris Barnett, and Chad Henry. Honorary bearers will be James Starr, David Grigg, Bill Westmoreland, Robert Martinez, and Kirby Wright.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada