JOHN NICHOLSON

1937 - 2022

NICHOLSON JOHN BERRYHILL NICHOLSON April 23, 1937 - January 4, 2022 John Berryhill Nicholson, Washington correspondent for Business Week, advisor to the President of Fannie Mae, Ray Lapin, lobbyist for the American Bankers Association, and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, and communications director of the Peace Corps, died from a head injury suffered while attending to his car during a winter storm. He was 84. Nicholson was known for his jovial nature, love of music and food, and legendary storytelling. He loved Nantucket and routinely wore his summer signature red pants year-round. He was a biblical scholar and used that passion mentoring the Education for Ministry courses through Sewanee: The University of the South. Nicholson sang in various choirs from St. Patrick's Episcopal to the Washington National Cathedral in DC. Nicholson, born April 23, 1937, was raised in Gladwyne, Penn., attended The Haverford School followed by the Nicholson tradition, Princeton University where he studied music. He relished the day he shifted the key of the Christmas classic "Jingle Bells" to a minor key accompanied by melancholy lyrics - the world's preeminent professor in the next room burst in imploring Nicholson to stop the "noise." He worked as city editor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for The Oak Ridger, before moving to Washington, D.C., and meeting his future wife, Marnie Miller of Wheeling, West Virginia. Nicholson opened his own firm specializing in lobbying and public relations, retiring in 1991. With his wife, they opened the DC area renown Company Flowers in Arlington, Virginia which they've owned for over 30 years. Nicholson is survived by his widow Marnie, son Peter Berryhill Nicholson, daughter-in-law Anne Nicholson, son-in-law Joe Bailey, and six grandchildren. Their daughter, Wendy Nicholson Bailey, died in 2016. A service has been scheduled for April 2, 2022, at 12:30 pm at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 4700 Whitehaven Parkway, NW in Washington, D.C. 20016. Contributions may be made in memory of John Nicholson to The Honduras Independence Bilingual School. Please send checks to St. David's Episcopal Church with HIBS on the memo line, 5150 Macomb Street, NW, Washington, DC. 20016 or donate online at: https://onrealm.org/stdavidsdc/give/johnnicholson.through Sewanee: The University of the South. Nicholson sang in various choirs from St. Patrick's Episcopal to the Washington National Cathedral in DC. Nicholson, born April 23, 1937, was raised in Gladwyne, Penn., attended The Haverford School followed by the Nicholson tradition, Princeton University where he studied music. He relished the day he shifted the key of the Christmas classic "Jingle Bells" to a minor key accompanied by melancholy lyrics - the world's preeminent professor in the next room burst in imploring Nicholson to stop the "noise." He worked as city editor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for The Oak Ridger, before moving to Washington, D.C., and meeting his future wife, Marnie Miller of Wheeling, West Virginia. Nicholson opened his own firm specializing in lobbying and public relations, retiring in 1991. With his wife, they opened the DC area renown Company Flowers in Arlington, Virginia which they've owned for over 30 years. Nicholson is survived by his widow Marnie, son Peter Berryhill Nicholson, daughter-in-law Anne Nicholson, son-in-law Joe Bailey, and six grandchildren. Their daughter, Wendy Nicholson Bailey, died in 2016. A service has been scheduled for April 2, 2022, at 12:30 pm at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 4700 Whitehaven Parkway, NW in Washington, D.C. 20016. Contributions may be made in memory of John Nicholson to The Honduras Independence Bilingual School. Please send checks to St. David's Episcopal Church with HIBS on the memo line, 5150 Macomb Street, NW, Washington, DC. 20016 or donate online at: https://onrealm.org/stdavidsdc/give/johnnicholson.