Dale Napolean Nichols Jr.

DALE WAS EDUCATED AT CORNETSTONE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE GRADUATED FROM WARREN WOODS TOWER HIGH SCHOOL.

DALE JR ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. HE WAS BAPTIZED AT GREAT FAITH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL CHURCH IN DETROIT.

DALE WAS A LOVING, CARING, FRIENDLY, OUTGOING, RESPECTABLE INDIVIDUAL, WITH A KIND HEART AND A LOVING SPIRIT. HE LOVED TO LAUGH AND MAKE OTHERS LAUGH AS WELL. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY.

AT THE AGE OF 6, DALE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DUCHENNE’S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. HE BATTLED WITH THE DISEASE FOR 18 YEARS.

DALE ENJOYED PLAYED VIDEO GAMES, PLAYING CARDS AND ATTENDING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CAMP. FAMILY MEMBERS NICKNAME HIM (DJ), GAMING SYSTEMS HE WAS KNOWN AS WHEELZ. AT MDA CAMP THEY CALLED HIM DIMPLES BECAUSE HE LOVED TO SMILE.

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2018, THE LORD GRANTED DALE HIS ANGEL WINGS AT ST JOHN OAKLAND HOSPITAL IN MADISON HEIGHTS, MI. HIS FINAL HOURS WERE SPENT SURROUNDED IN LOVE BY HIS FAMILY.

DALE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING MEMORIES: HIS DEVOTED AND LOVING PARENTS DALE AND TATIA; GRANDMOTHERS JENNIFER SCOTT AND EARLINE NICHOLS (WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH). GRANDFATHERS: WILLIE JACKSON AND MALCOMB NICHOLS (WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH). GOD PARENTS: CONRAD HENDERSON, JONATHAN AND TRACEY NEAL, ROSALIND WIMBUSH; EIGHT GREAT AUNTS; THREE GREAT UNCLES; SIX AUNTS; SIX UNCLES; TWENTY NINE COUSINS; AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

PALLBEARERS

JAKAISER JACKSON SR

JAKAISER JACKSON JR

MALCOLM NICHOLS JR

ERIC JERNIGAN

CONRAD HENDERSON

The family of Dale Napolean Nichols, Jr., will greet friends from 3:00pm-8:00pm on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at Edward Swanson and Son Funeral Home, 30351 Dequindre Rd., Madison Heights, MI. Family Hour at 2:00pm.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00am on Monday, February 12 at the above location. Interment following at Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery.