SERVICES: Services will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum, with Reverends Ernie and Suzie Wilkinson, deacons at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, officiating. ENTOMBMENT: Memory Gardens Mausoleum, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Nichols was born June 6, 1925 in Quanah. She was a graduate of Quanah High School, North Texas State University in Denton, and West Texas State University in Canyon. She married Jack W. Nichols on August 3, 1947 in Quanah. He preceded her in death on December 13, 2004. Patricia was a school teacher in Quanah for a year, and Pampa ISD, retiring after 20 years of service. She had been a resident of Pampa since 1947, and was a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church.SURVIVORS: a brother: Malcolm Bottoms of Quanah; several nieces, nephews and cousins.MEMORIALS: St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 727 W. Browning, Pampa, Texas, BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, Texas 79105, or a favorite charity.