April 20, 2024, 83, Princeton —

Alice Mae Spence Nichols, 83, formerly of Princeton, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro.

She was born April 18, 1941, in Mingo Co, West Virginia to the late Henry Clay Spence and Utha Faye Marcum Spence.  Mrs. Nichols was the widow of Kenneth E. Nichols, Sr.. Along with her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Dikes Heckman, brothers; Dallas Spence, and Roy Spence, and sisters; Marie Burns and Lois Wheeler.

The private Funeral Service will be on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Casey Funeral Home and Cremations in Princeton.  The burial will follow in Princeton Cemetery.

Mrs. Nichols is survived by a son; Kenneth Edward Nichols, Jr. of Archers Lodge, daughters; Lisa Dikes Abbott of Fremont, Lori Nichols Harmon and husband Duncan of Clayton, Rose Ellen Nichols of West Virginia, brothers; Phil Spence of Ohio, Robert Spence of West Virginia, Russell Spence of Kentucky, sisters; Betty Goudy of Virginia, Sharon Golightly of West Virginia, grandchildren; Dwight Fleming, Noah Abbott, Courtney Harris and husband Eric, Alex Harmon and wife Wilson, Matthew Hathaway, Preston Harmon, Tanner Harmon and Grace Day.

The family would like to send a special thank you to the staff of Meadowview Assisted Living of Smithfield and the staff of Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro for their excellent care of their mother.

If you would like to make memorial contributions, please send them to Kitty Askins Hospice Center at 107 Handley Park Court, Goldsboro, NC  27534 in memory of Alice Mae Spence Nichols.

Casey Funeral Home & Cremations is honored to be serving the Nichols family.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.caseyfh.com.