Grenville Hanington Nichols Jr., 67, was a twin son born to the late Grenville Hanington Nichols Sr. and Alice Iona Nichols in Bronx, New York on June 12, 1949. He attended Saint Augustine Catholic Elementary School in Bronx and Chelsea High School in Manhattan New York. After high school, he worked briefly for New York Transit Authority and at Western Beef as a Police Security Guard.

"Nick" moved to Winston Salem, North Carolina where he was employed as a bus driver for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System for more than eighteen years. At the time of his death, he had served for twenty-one years as Head of Security for Graylyn Estate, which is owned and operated by Wake Forest University. Grenville loved to shop at Wal-Mart, enjoyed listening to jazz, watching baseball and movies on television and cooking out on the grill.

Grenville Hanington Nichols, Jr. passed away at his home in Winston-Salem on February 22, 2017, following a period of illness. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife and the mother of his children, Linda Provet; a sister, Loretta Paul; and two brothers, Ronald and Michael Nichols. Those family members who survive and who will forever cherish loving memories of him include his son, Grenville Hanington Provet "Nicky;" his daughter, Kisha Marie Provet; granddaughters, Monay Provet, Danazah Provet, Jayla Provet and Janay Provet; grandsons, Raheem Wiggins (Provet), Astane Provet and Dayquan Johnson; great grandchildren, Daveah and Dallas Jules and Rayla Wiggins (Provet); his twin brother, Richard Andrew Nichols; three sisters, Norma H. Harris, Diane G. Stanley and Alice T. Nichols-Carter; a sister-in-law, Janice Nichols; two brothers-in-law, Ronald Stanley and Larry Carter; Josephine Nichols; Tonya Nichols; several extended family members and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 1:30 PM on Sunday, February 26, 2017 in the chapel of Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home. The family greeted friends for 30 minutes prior to the service in the chapel.

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