Nichols, Elsie Ruth Burks 

Services for Elsie Ruth Burks Nichols, 78, of Longview, will be held 2 p.m. 
Friday, June 30, 2006, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, 1617 Judson Road, 
with the Rev. Wayne Spanhanks officiating. Interment will follow in the 
Elmira Cemetery of Spring Hill. Mrs. Nichols died Monday, July 26, 2006, in 
Longview. She was born December 24, 1927, in Longview, to Arch and Birdie 
Pollick Morrow. A lifelong resident of Gregg County, Mrs. Nichols was a 
homemaker, a member of the Baptist faith, and worked many years as a 
supervisor at Honey Togs Manufacturing in Gladewater. Mrs. Nichols was 
preceded in death by her husbands, Archie R. Burks and Charles Nichols; a 
son, Randy Nichols; a grandson, Chris Harris; along with seven brothers and 
sisters. She is survived by her children and their spouses, David and Pat 
Burks of Longview, Gerald and Tina Burks of Hallsville, Gloria and Ted Harris 
of Longview, Linda and Clay Parker of Carthage, Debra Ballard and Larry 
Castleberry of Longview, and Judy Nichols of Longview; grandchildren, Stacie 
Estrella, Kevin Harris, Paula Stokesberry, Lisa Tiffin, Phillip Davidson, 
Leslie Caffey, Kim Lutz, Mandy Burks, Christi Burks, Amy Crawford, and Mack 
Nichols; 19 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and brothers and 
sisters, Billy Morrow of Lone Oak, Archie Morrow of Irving, Ann Fouse of 
Texarkana, Louise Evans of Marshall, and Jimmy Morrow of Huntsville, Alabama. 
Pallbearers will be Travis Parr, Russell Pollick, Billy Mathis, Wayne Carrell, 
Jeff Tiffin, and Kevin Harris. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. 
Thursday evening, June 29, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home. A memorial guestbook 
may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/29/2006.