Funeral services for Mr. Gordon M. Nichols, Jr. will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 1pm at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, Aiken. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6-8pm at the home of David Nichols, 2124 Beaver Creek Lane, Aiken. Memorial Donations may be directed to St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church 125 Pendleton St. SW Aiken, SC 29801. George Funeral Homes Historic Downtown Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Nichols, 61, of North Augusta, died Wednesday at University Hospital in Augusta. He was born in Chicago, IL and had lived in the Aiken area most of his life. A 1965 graduate of the US Naval Academy, he served in the Navy during the Viet Nam Conflict. Mr. Nichols was a member of St. Bartholomew?s Episcopal Church, North Augusta. He enjoyed photography and collecting old military firearms. He is predeceased by his mother, Ophelia Mary Park Nichols, his father, Gordon M. Nichols, Sr., PhD., who died just a few hours before him and his sister, Katherine P. Nichols and brother, Stuart Nichols. Surviving are two brothers; David Nichols, Aiken and Capt. Christopher Nichols, US Navy, Annapolis, MD and several nieces and nephews.