Perry Frank Nichols, 91, of Logansport, Louisiana, passed away Monday, December 2, 2024, at Southern Hills
Nursing and Rehab Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he has resided for the past five months.
Funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in
Center with visitation beginning at 12:30 p.m. Rev. Rick Wing and Rev. Richard Tull will officiate. Interment will
follow at O.E. Price Cemetery in Logansport, Louisiana.
Born December 11, 1932, in Randoff, Texas, to Jess Alvin Nichols and Allie Vera Baker Nichols, Perry lived his
childhood in Dodd City, Texas. Perry was a cross-country truck driver for forty-six years, having driven trucks to
forty-eight of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. His CB handle was “Old Gray Mule”. He was a resident of
Center, Texas, for over thirty years. He lived the last fifteen years of his life under the care and guardianship of
caretakers, Ronnie and Debra Land. He has been an active member of the Christian Motorcyclist Association for
over thirty years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Center, Texas, for many years. He loved trail riding
with his wagon and two mules. He loved decorating his farm for Christmas and Easter (hid over 1,000 Easter
eggs for children). He loved riding his motorcycle and traveling with Ronnie and Debra Land. His favorite
vacation with Ronnie and Deb Land was a trip to Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park, Custer State
Park, Mount Rushmore, and to Canada. He always loved being a “jokester” and loved to tease people. He loved
flirting with ladies…sometimes getting him in trouble. He was baptized and became a member of Mt Olivet
Baptist Church in Stanley, Louisiana.
He is survived by sister, Wanda Lee Nichols Dejarnett; daughters, Frankie and Debra Joyce Nichols Plummer;
many other nieces and nephews; and adopted children and friends with whom he spent the last fifteen years,
Ronnie & Debra Land.
Preceded in death by daughter, Pennie; father, Jess Alvin Nichols; mother, Allie Vera Baker Nichols; brothers and
sisters, Reba Myrtle Nichols Chanler, Dorothy Marie Nichols Lake, Betty Lynn Nichols Renfro, Hannah Sue Nichols
Hicks, Jerry Neal Nichols, Pat Bailey Nichols, Nancy Beth Nichols (baby died), Ronnie William Nichols, Joe Dale
Nichols, Barbara Kay Nichols (baby died), Larry Dee Nichols, and Mitzi Caroline Nichols Wallace.
Pallbearers will be Ronnie Land, Mark Pierce, Terry Burns, Keith Angele, Kevin Mitchell, Terry Watson, and Harold
Stucks.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Christian Motorcyclist Association of the United States (1-870-389-6196)
in honor of Perry Nichols.
Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfuneralhome.com