Obituary of Doris Selph Nichols

A funeral service celebrating the life of Doris S. Nichols, 79 of West Columbia, SC will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in Woodridge Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with entombment to follow. Pastor Mark Bredholt will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday evening at Woodridge Funeral Home, 138 Corley Mill Road, Lexington, SC 29072. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SCOA Cares Foundation, 166 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210 in Doris' memory. Our beloved mother, wife, and best friend passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. She was born in Easley, SC to Brooks I. and Ruth Duvall Selph. Doris graduated from Columbia High School in the fifties when it was located in Downtown Columbia. She was an avid Carolina Gamecock fan that attended many home and away games. Doris retired at the age of 64 after working for almost 40 years as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager for Shakespeare Monofilament Division. Doris loved living on Lake Murray for many years while enjoying fishing and taking evening boat rides to watch the sunset because the water became serene that it looked like glass. She was very outgoing and had a spark that would make friends in minutes and make anyone laugh instantaneously. She also loved to cook, gardening, bird watch, rock in her rocking chair, crack pecans, and eat popcorn. She had a great love for her pet poodles and considered them as her family also. She was predeceased by her parents; and a stepson, Ronald Nichols. Those left to cherish her beautiful memories are her husband, Ernest H. Nichols; four children, William S. Hamiter, Michael C. Hamiter, Terry M. Hamiter, and Tracey L. Hamiter; her stepsons, Keith Nichols and Steve Nichols; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; four siblings, Curtis Selph, Shirley Bullard, Linda Woodward, and Jason Selph; brother-in-law, Jim Bullard; a sister-in-law, Betty N. Bouknight; a host of loving relatives and friends that will miss her dearly.