Family and friends remember Nichols as a generous, lovable man who worked hard to be a good father to his 4-year-old son.
He was the baby of their family, born 12 years after his closest siblings. He had a 4-year-old son and worked hard to better himself as a father, his family said. He was an avid skateboarder from Sacramento, California, and came to Memphis just before
"He was doing the crazy tricks that no one really wanted to try," said Curtis Chapman, who led the youth ministry for about 10 years. Former Sacramento Bee reporter Bryan Anderson tweeted a video of a 2018 interview with Nichols, who had been waiting at the Department of Motor Vehicles office for more than six hours in nearly 100-degree heat. Nichols smiled, sort of chuckled, as he described the "agonizing" and "agitating" long wait.
In Memphis, Nichols went to Starbucks every morning, and Nate Spates Jr. would hang out with him there. They chatted about sports, or life. Spates was with his wife once when they ran into Nichols at the coffee shop, and they all talked for a couple of hours. Afterwards, Spates said his wife commented, "He’s got such a good spirit and soul and calm presence."
After she watched the video of her son’s death, she stood with her family and their lawyers at a lectern, shaking, to convey what the world lost.
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