Earl Bullock Nichols

NICHOLS, EARL BULLOCK, 86, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts and Little Compton, Rhode Island, died April 21, 2006 at his home in Rehoboth. He was the husband of Dorothy Brownell Everett Nichols (Dorrie) and the late Betsey Harris Nichols.

During his career he was a Vice President of Old Colony Cooperative Bank, Banking Commissioner for the State of Rhode Island during the John Chafee administration and Director of Development at Providence Country Day School. He had served as a 1st Lieutenant Flight Instructor in the US Navy and Naval Intelligence during WWII.

He was a graduate of the Gordon School, Providence Country Day and Brown University class of 1943, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He also attended Boston University Law School and was a graduate of Indiana State University School of Banking.

As a student at Providence Country Day School he excelled at baseball and was an all-state wrestler. He continued his love of baseball at Brown and was the captain of the baseball team. He later was instrumental in organizing and was past president of the Brown Football Association. For many years he coached wrestling and football at Moses Brown School in Providence.

He was a Founder Member of the Dunes Club in Narragansett and an Honorary Life Member of Agawam Hunt. He was also a member of Adelphoi Masonic Lodge No 33, a member and past commander of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, past president of the Board of Trustees of Providence Country Day School, a member of the Merchants and Miners Table at the former Turks Head Club and a former member of Sakonnet Golf Club.

Besides his wife of 25 years, he is survived by five children: Linda N. and Allen Harrison of Bristol, Nina N. and Richard Harrison of Barrington, Earl B. Nichols Jr. and Julia Donatelli of Rehoboth, William H. and Laurie Nichols of Rumford and Paula N. and Roger Dille of Warwick, four step children Marjorie E. and Dan Levy of Canton, MA, Samuel B. and Margaret Everett of Wilbraham, MA, Katherine E. Truscott and Sally Malconian of Weston, MA, Sally P. Everett and John Urban of Wellesley, MA and Little Compton, RI, ten grandchildren, nine step grandchildren, three great grandchildren. He also leaves two sisters, Nancy Hamblin of Tampa, Florida and Joy Haymore of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the brother of the late Clyde K. Nichols.

A service of Thanksgiving to which friends and relatives are invited will be held at Newman Congregational Church, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI at noon on Thursday, April 27, 2006. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to Rehoboth Antiquarian Society Carpenter Museum, 4 Locust Avenue, Rehoboth, MA 02769 or a charity of your choice.