Mr. Herbert Edward Nichols

October 26, 1928 - July 14, 2015

Mr. Herbert Nichols, age 86, of Shelbyville, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Funeral services will be 12 noon Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Jimmy Gray will officiate. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors 10 AM until service time Saturday. He was born October 26, 1928, in Old Hickory, Tennessee, to the late Floyd Allen Nichols and Virgil Aileen Williams Nichols. He was an Industrial Engineer retired from American Can Company (CEBAL). Mr. Nichols was a veteran of the United Sates Army and served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member and past president of the Shelbyville Rotary Club and a former member of the Gatlinburg Rotary Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Alford Allen “Bill” Nichols and David Howard Nichols; two sisters, Jessie Virginia Jones and Frances Louise Tate. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Shelby Lea Hall Nichols and a son, Herbert E. “Nick’ Nichols, Jr., and his wife Cathy L. Carpenter Nichols, of Murfreesboro; two grandchildren, Samuel Clark Nichols, and Hannah Marie Nichols; numerous nieces and nephews. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.