Smith, Mattie Blanch

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: SMIT.M015
• _FGRAVE: 59981110

Family/Spouse: Wells, George Washington. George was born on 4 Aug 1893 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 21 Aug 1991; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WELL.J007
• _FGRAVE: 59981109
• Funeral: Summers-Rainey Funeral Home,
• Military Service: Korean War, Technical Sergeant, United States Air Force
• Military Service: World War II, United States Army Air Forces

Notes:

He lived at 510 S. Fair St. in Olney for the past three years. He had been an electrician for Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Joliet for the past five years. Mr. Wells spent 18 years in the armed forces and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the Church of Christ and the VFW.

Died:
Joy Eugene Wells, 50, died Sunday August 4, 1968 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney following a lengthy illness.

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• Reference Number: WELL.D001
• _FGRAVE: 134770553
• _MEMR: 26 Aug 2014, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY
Dorris A. Nickells 95, of Island, Kentucky, formerly of Olney, Illinois, died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Owensboro, KY.

Dorris Arlene Wells was born June 16, 1919 in Olney, Illinois to the late George Washington and Matte Blanch Smith Wells and retired as the supervisor of medical records at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. She was a member of the Olney Church of Christ and a hand tool leather craftsman, who hand constructed Roy Rogers’ horse saddles.

In addition to her parents, Dorris was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Joseph Nickells, and a daughter, Monica Hance.

Survivors include three sons, Tom Nickells and wife, Vicki of Olney, George Nickells of Vincennes, Indiana, and Bud Nickells of Island; seven grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and a great great grandson.

Burial was in Haven Hill Cemetery, Richland County.

Summers-Kistler Funeral Home was in charge.

Family/Spouse: Nickells, Thomas Joseph. Thomas was born on 25 Aug 1904; died on 7 Oct 1967; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WELL.W003

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WELL.R004
• _FGRAVE: 59981111
• Military Service: Korean War, Master Sergeant, United States Air Force
• Military Service: World War II, United States Army Air Forces

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: NICK.M001
• _FGRAVE: 18185991
• Funeral: 25 Mar 1994, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Monica Hance, 49, of Clay City died Monday March 21, 1994 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind.

Funeral services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Brad Harris and Charles Allen officiating. Burial in the Clay City Cemetery.

Hance was born December 9, 1944 in Olney, the daughter of Thomas and Dorris Wells Nickells. She married James Hance on July 5, 1961 in Olney. He died November 19, 1989.

She worked at Richland Memorial Hospital in medical records. She was a member of the Clay City Baptist Church and was also a member of the Clay City Rebekah Lodge.

She is survived by her mother, Dorris Nickells of Olney; her grandmother, Mattie Wells of Olney; two sons, James Hance Jr. of Punta Gorda, Fla. and Shawn Hance of Clay City; three brothers, Bud Nickells of Island, Ky., George Nickells of Vincennes, Ind. and T.J. Nickells of Olney; and two grandchildren.

Hance was preceded in death by her husband and father.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)

Monica married Hance, James Lee 'Jim' on 5 Jul 1961 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. James (son of Hance, Harry James and Abbott, Norma Genelle) was born on 11 Oct 1941 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 19 Nov 1989 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 22 Nov 1989 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: NICK.T002
• _FGRAVE: 202628733
• Funeral: Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• Military Service: United States Navy

Notes:

Tom "T. J. " Nickells, 72, of Olney, died on Friday, August 30, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes.

T.J. was born on March 10, 1947 in Olney, IL, the son of Thomas Joseph and Dorris (Wells) Nickells.

He married Vicki Lynn Pelton on January 30, 1975 and she survives.

T.J. had a big heart and loved the Lord, his family, his church family, and friends dearly! He was known for his sense of humor. He was an avid fisherman and teller of tall tales and he never met a stranger.

T.J. is survived by his wife, Vicki Lynn Nickells, of Olney; son, Tom Thomas and wife Shari, of Robinson, IL; brothers, George Nickells of Vincennes, IN and Bud Nickells of Island, KY; grandchildren, Tara Titsworth and Jonathan of Vincennes, IN, Katie Thomas and fiancé Josh Shipman of Robinson, IL, Luke Thomas of Robinson, IL, and Josh Thomas of Robinson, IL; and great-grandson, Alistair Titsworth.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Monica Hance.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney, with a visitation beginning at 1:00 PM. Full Military Rites will be held at the funeral home. Cremation rites will be accorded following services.

Military Service:
Tom served aboard the USS Ozark and the USS Glover

Thomas married Pelton, V.L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ?, S.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]