<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Ronceverte</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">-Ruth Carolyn Nicholson, 85, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Peyton Hospice House, Lewisburg.</span></p> <p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Born Nov. 24, 1933, at Richwood, she was the daughter of the late Lanty and Mary Lewis Lester. </span></p> <p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Ruth retired from Greenbrier Manor as a Nurse’s Aide and was a member of the Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene.</span></p> <p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two husbands, Charles Pursley and John Nicholson; daughter, Dorothy Lester; granddaughter, Brittany Pursley; and brothers, Charles, Ray, Gene, Lanty Jr., Kenneth, Glen and Paul Lester.</span></p> <p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Survivors are sons, Gary Pursley of Cookeville, TN, Lester Pursley of Charlotte, NC, David Pursley of Clarksburg, Kenneth Pursley (Dianne) of California and Charles Pursley (Toot) of Lewisburg: daughter, Sharon Kettner of Charleston, WV; sisters, Ruby Griffey of Renick, and Mary Lou Howell (Kenny) of Renick; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.</span></p> <p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Graveside service was held on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Morningside Cemetery, Renick, where Pastor Don Armstrong officiated. There was no visitation.</span></p> <p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Online guestbook may be signed at www.morganfh.net. Arrangements by Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg.</span></p>
