Janice Lea Nichols

July 26, 1963 - October 22, 2018

Janice Lea Nichols, 55, Altus, passed on to be with her personal Lord and Savior, the morning of October 22, 2018. Memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Emmanuel Baptist Church with Brother Robert M. Colston, III and John Martin officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Kincannon Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Janice was born to Harold and Marion (Walker) Nichols on July 26, 1963 in Amarillo, TX. Janice is the youngest daughter of 5 siblings. The sweet, red-headed little girl loved to splash and play in the backyard swimming pool with her 3 older sisters, Diana, Terri, and Patricia and younger brother, Glenn, after their move to Altus, OK. After attending Will Rogers Elementary and Northeast Junior High School, Janice enrolled at Southside High School. She found joy in being active in cheerleading, drama and art while at Southside, which carried over to attending Western Oklahoma State College as an art student and earning a spot in the Pioneer Dolls Pom Squad. Janice completed her license of cosmetology at Aladdin Beauty College. Janice married Raymond Wyatt at Hess Baptist Church and was blessed with two wonderful sons, Brandon Lee Wyatt and Eric Wray Wyatt, who were the joys of her life. After spending the majority of her life in the Fort Gibson/Muskogee area in Oklahoma, and working for the Department of Corrections, she made the move back to her childhood home in Altus. Janice was very active as the church secretary at Emmanuel Baptist Church and recently earned the privilege to perform with the Singing Churchwomen of Oklahoma. Janice is survived by two sons, Brandon Wyatt and wife, Hali of Fort Gibson, OK, and Eric Wyatt and wife, Faith, of Hulbert, OK; parents, Harold and Marion Nichols of Altus, OK; siblings, Diana Thurmond and husband, Raymond, of Altus, OK, Terri Houdek and husband, John, of Paris, TX, Patricia Colston and husband, Robert, of Burns Flat, OK, and Glenn Nichols and wife, Stacy, of Claremore, OK; and grandchildren, Axle, Jackson, and Hudson (due in Dec 2018). Aunt NeNe was loved and adored by her numerous nieces and nephews. Online tributes may be made at kincannonfuneralhome.com