Mrs. Susan Kathleen Nichols Pineda

July 23, 1959 - November 18, 2020

Memorial services for Mrs. Susan Kathleen Nichols Pineda, 61, of Carthage, Texas will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2020 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Matt Comer officiating. Arrangements were entrusted to Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Susan Kathleen Nichols was born July 23, 1959 in Panola General Hospital of Carthage, Texas. She passed this life November 18, 2020 in the same hospital of her birth in Carthage, Texas. Kathleen was born to the marriage of William Lloyd and Willie Mae Lawrence Nichols. She was a Carthage native graduating with the Bulldog class of 1977. She obtained her Bachelor of Science and master’s degree through Baylor University. Mrs. Kathleen Nichols loved children, and at one point operated a daycare, loved serving others waitressing, and took great pride in her professional photography. She was a lover of animals all creatures great and small. Kathleen sang, played guitar and loved music. She was a member of the Still Waters Cowboy Church. Kathleen faced many difficulties in life, but her strong faith in God always brought her through each challenge. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7. She is preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, Ruby Opal Hill and Thomas Hayden Lawrence; brother, James Randall Nichols; and brother in law Albert Lynn Hawthorne. Kathleen is survived by her loving husband, Paul Pineda of Carthage; brothers, Thomas Lloyd Nichols of Temple, Robert Craig Nichols and wife Debbie of Longview, and William Lawrence Nichols and wife Laurie of Metropolis, IL; nieces, a nephew, great nieces and a great nephew; other relatives and a host of friends. An online guestbook can be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com