Michael Ray Nichols, 60, of Prichard, WV passed away on Friday August 26, 2016 surrounded by a host of his beloved family members thanks to the generous hospitality and compassion of Hospice. He was the beloved husband of 40 years to Martha Lee (Faulkner) Nichols. He left behind four children and a fur baby: Kathi Jo Nichols Valdez (Michael Valdez), Timothy Dale Nichols (Denise Nichols), Jennifer Michelle Nichols Hammond (Andy Hammond), Paul Michael Nichols (Ellen Nichols), and who could forget Copper, aka cop dog, the beagle (the baby brother). He also leaves behind thirteen grandchildren: Tyler Michael Valdez (18), Hayli Jo Valdez (16), Brooklyn Renee Adkins (16), Nicholas Alexander Adkins (15), Dixie Danielle Nichols (7), Timothy Dale Nichols, Jr. (6), Matthew Lee Muncy, II (10), Jenna Joleigh Muncy (7), Karzton Bryce Hammond (3), Elizabeth Rose Nichols (5), Ariana Leigh Nichols (3), Gabriella Nicole Nichols (1), Christian James Nichols (11 months), and a special little buddy Dalton Santiago Nicholas (6). Mike is also survived by both of his parents and his 5 siblings: Charles Edward Nichols (father), Lois Carol McKenzie Nichols (mother), Lois Jean Moore, Charles Martin Nichols, John Mark Nichols, Marcia Lynn Bertram, and Jeffrey Allen Nichols. His sister Marcia stood by his side, holding his hand, while he took his last breath. Martha's brothers, David Faulkner, Herman Faulkner, and Hearl Faulkner were all a big part of Mike's life and shared many years with Mike making memories. The family would love to express their gratitude and extreme appreciation for his Hospice nurses who were there every step of the way to help in their time of need. Anyone who knew Mike would agree that he was an extremely hard worker but was never a serious man. He was always a jokester and prankster and loved making his friends and family laugh. Mike would most likely want everyone to know that he went to meet his Maker due to being stubborn, hard-headed, refusing to follow doctor's orders, and quite frankly he was ready to be where there was an abundance of catfish, deer, and turkey. He lived 60 long years, all the while enjoying guns, fishing, hunting, his tree fort, his 4-wheeler, boating, camping, gardening, berry pickin', black raspberry jelly, the three stooges, Atari (especially Pac man, Yars revenge, missile command and space invaders), Pepsi, cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, Big John's Beans, bowling (on one account he and his friend David Edwards were supposed to pick up a Gino's pizza and thought it was necessary to go bowling while the women and kids were waiting at home for the pizza), Gino's pizza and steak sandwiches (well done and bread not burned), Martha, football, basketball, TRANSMISSIONS, his children, and especially his grandchildren- not necessarily in that order. He never met a stranger and he would literally give someone the shirt off of his back if he thought they needed it. He once gave a homeless man our entire bucket of chicken from KFC, so yes, he was very giving. Some of you may remember him as Mike, others may know him as Clyde or Piddles. You may know him for the amazing work he did on your car in his earlier years (some of you he did that work for free), as a laborer working on your roads, he may have installed a fence for you, or even painted your home. There was nothing this man couldn't do and for that we called him the Jack of all trades. The man worked many tireless nights… Martha would say that most of those were spent working on the banks of the river, Johnson's mountain, and Beech Fork Lake trying to catch the big one. He had many special friends throughout the years but one in particular that was always a big part of Mike's life was Paul Welch. So many nights they spent working in Paul's garage, going fishing, and took many yearly hunting trips together. He also kept a close relationship with his sister in law Rhoda in which our family would love to thank dearly for being such a precious part of our lives still. If Mike were able to tell us anything right now to comfort us it would be that he has simply met up with Jesus and they have Gone Fishi