I'm Free

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free I'm following the path God laid for me, I took His hand when I heard Him call I turned by back and left it all. I could not stay another day To laugh, to love, to work or to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that peace at the close of the day. If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah yes, these things I too, will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow. I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life's been full, I savored much. Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch. Perhaps my time seamed all too brief, Don't lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift tip your heart and share with me, God wanted me now, He set me free.

Author Unknown

"A Service Designed With Your Consideration In Mind"

KING'S FUNERAL HOME Highway 9 East, Pageland, SC

(843) 672-6033 (843) 672-3832 (704) 531-0359 Joyce Davis King, Funeral Director South Carolina & North Carolina

William H. King, Embalmer-Funeral Director

for

Mr. Dale Ray Nicholson

Friday, September 21, 2001 Two-thirty in the Afternoon

Gum Springs Baptist Church

Pageland, South Carolina Reverend E. Davis, Officiating

Order of Service

Prelude

Processional

Hymn ............................................................ What A Friend We Have in Jesus

Invocation

Scriptures Old Testament ......................................................................................... Psalms 23 New Testament ........................................................... I Corinthians 15:49-58

Prayer of Comfort

Selection

Remarks

Obituary (Read Silently)

Selection

Eulogy ............................................................................................... Reverend E. Davis

Recessional .............................................................................................. "I'll Fly Away"

Interment .......................................... Gum Spring Baptist Church Cemetery Pageland, South Carolina Benediction

Flower Bearers

Nieces, Cousins, and Friends

Pall Bearers Nephews, Cousins, and Friends

Obituary

Mr. Dale Ray Nicholson was born February 27, 1966 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He received his education in the Mecklenburg County School System. Mr. Nicholson served as a professional chef for 15 years. In the early dawn on Sunday, September 16, 2001 God dispatched an angel to bring his servant Dale Ray Nicholson to his heavenly home. We loved him dearly and his laughter will be missed and his memories are everlasting in the hearts of his Family & Friends. He leaves behind to cherish his loving memory: Father, Joyce Davis Nicholson, Pageland, SC; Mother Marie Nicholson, Charlotte, NC; Brothers Daniel Eaton, Clearwater, FL, Marshall Nicholson, Charlotte, NC, ; Sisters Alice Mobley (Gene), Gastonia, NC, Carla Cherry (Christopher), Charlotte, NC; Uncles James Nicholson (Betty), Charlotte, NC, Maurice (Evelyn), Van, David, Jay, and Lee Nicholson, Pageland, SC, George Thomas, Tennessee, Stephen Thomas, Ocala, FL; Aunts Christine Ali (James), Charlotte NC, Sarah Wallace (Howard) Spartanburg, SC, Barbara Nicholson, Pageland, SC, Iris Thomas, Ocala, FL, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

In Appreciation Perhaps you sent a lovely card,

Or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent a funeral spray,

If so we saw it there. Perhaps you spoke the kindest words,

As any friend could say; Perhaps you were not there at all,

Just thought of us that day, Whatever you did to console our hearts,

We thank you so much whatever the part.