Mary Bennefield Nichols

Local funeral services for Mary Bennefield Nichols, age 74, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 3, 2017 in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. Rev. Rick Collins, Rev. Brad Nowell, and Rev. Walter Martin will officiate. The family will receive friends from 9:30 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the funeral home. An additional funeral service will also be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Faith Temple Church at 5058 Sandy Flat Road, Taylor, SC 29687, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Faith Temple Church. Mrs. Nichols was born on April 24, 1943 in Travelers Rest, SC. She was the daughter of the late Berdice Asbury and Gertrude Wornelia Coleman Bennefield. She has lived in Dublin, Georgia for the past 14 years. She was a devoted Pastor's wife and secretary. She was a member of The Crossroads Church in Swainsboro. Mrs. Nichols passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017 at Serenity Place. Mrs. Nichols is survived by her husband, Rev. Wayne A. Nichols of Dublin, 2 sons, Brian (Julie) Nichols of Kennesaw, and Kevin Nichols of Macon, 2 sisters, Joyce Smith of Greer, SC, and Jeanette Bennett of Greer, SC, and 3 grandchildren, Hayden Nichols, Tyler Nichols, and Lindsay Nichols. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in memory of Mrs. Nichols to Rural Compassion Ministries at 5517 Farmer Branch Road #140, Ozark, MO 65721. Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Dublin Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.