Coping with Grief
We would like to offer our sincere support to anyone coping with grief. Enter your email below for our complimentary daily grief messages. Messages run for up to one year and you can stop at any time. Your email will not be used for any other purpose.
Elizabeth Irvin Nicholson, age 86 of Demorest, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2026.
Born in Habersham County on November 2, 1939, Mrs. Nicholson was the daughter of late Samuel P. and the late Mary Minnie McAllister Irvin. She was a homemaker as well as an owner and operator of Irvins Grocery later known as Fairview Grocery. Elizabeth loved camping, NASCAR, fishing, and enjoyed listening to music by George Strait, Alan Jackson and Merle Haggard. She attended Victory Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband James Truett Nicholson, infant daughter Tina Renee Nicholson, brother’s O’dell and Arvil Irvin and sister Gennie Humphries.
Survivors include son and daughter in law, Mark and Victoria Nicholson, granddaughter’s Hattie and Casey Nicholson all of Gainesville as well as numerous extended family members.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, March 23, 2026 at Hillside Memorial Chapel with Rev. Shane Jenkins officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday, March 22, 2026 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM and Monday, March 23, 2026 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM. Interment will follow the service in Hillside Gardens Cemetery.
An online guest book is available for those wishing to express condolences by visiting www.hillsidememorialchapel.com
Arrangements are in the care and professional direction of Hillside Memorial Chapel & Gardens, Clarkesville.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Elizabeth (Irvin) Nicholson, please visit our floral store.