NIXON, Lucas Cole, 15, of 187 Old Charlotte Hwy., Rockingham, N.C., died Sunday, June 1, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. Lucas was born April 18, 1993, the son of Christopher Scott and Donna Perkins Nixon. He was a ninth grade student at Rockingham Junior High. Lucas was also a member of Rockingham Wesleyan Church, Rockingham Junior High Shooting Team, Lumbee Outpost Archery Association, North Carolina Field Archery Association and National Field Archery Association. Lucas loved life! He never met a stranger. He was an avid outdoorsman that loved nature whether it be hunting, fishing or taking in an abandoned animal. Visitation for Lucas was held Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at Cordova Baptist Church from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Funeral services were held Thursday, June 5, 2008, 2 p.m. at Cordova Baptist Church, with Rev. Phillip Huber and Rev. Bill Monroe officiating. Burial was at East Side Cemetery, Rockingham, N.C. Survivors include his parents, Christopher Scott and Donna Perkins Nixon of the home; paternal grandparents, Shirley Wilson of Cordova, N.C. and Jerry and Juanita Nixon of Goochland, Va.; maternal grandmother, Ray Nell Perkins of Rockingham, N.C.; great-grandmother, Hazel Nixon of Amherst, Va.; uncles, Phillip and Norma Perkins, Tommy and Kay Wilson, all of Rockingham, N.C., Nick and wife, Michelle Nixon, Darryl and wife, Melissa Nixon, Brian Nixon, Phillip and Jean Nixon and Doc Nixon, all of Goochland, Va.; aunts, Gayla Hudson and Glenda Wilson of Rockingham, N.C. and Judy and Sam Paragoff of Florida; cousins, Heather Perkins of Bennettsville, S.C., Keeton, Dawson and Tyson Abrams, all of Rockingham, N.C., Trace Nixon, Chip Martin and Tia Baehr, all of Goochland, Va., Mandy Pence Lyons of Columbia, S.C. and Freddy Pence of Rockingham, N.C.; all his "Buddies" on Rockingham Shooting Team. You were his "Best Friends." Harrington Funeral Home of Hamlet, N.C. is serving the Nixon Family. Online condolences may be made at www.harringtonfuneralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
