Lillian Buckner Nichols

LILLIAN BUCKNER NICHOLS ASHEVILLE - LILLIAN BUCKNER NICHOLS, 92, OF FLESHERS FAIRVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER, DIED MONDAY JUNE 25, 2001 AT PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. MRS. NICHOLS RETIRED IN 1947 FROM SOUTHERN BELL AS AN OPERATOR AND WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE TELEPHONE PIONEERS OF AMERICA. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE STARLING SQUIRE AND CAROLINE CARSON BUCKNER AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE DENNIS NICHOLS. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 9 BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SURVIVING ARE SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS; GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND GREAT GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT GREEN HILLS CEMETERY WITH THE REV. DEAN HUGGINS OFFICIATING. ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.