Mr. Robert James "Bob" Nicholas, age 84 of Sparta, passed away at 2:22pm on Monday, February 12, 2024 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital.

Bob was born October 25, 1939 in Warwick, New York to the late Mark and Helen Elizabeth Simmons Nicholas. He served in the U.S. Navy where he gained construction experience as a United States Naval Construction Battalion known as the Seabees that would benefit him for life. Bob  retired from construction with an emphasis on building shopping malls. In his retirement years, he enjoyed farming, gardening and woodworking but most of all, he loved being Pop to his grandchildren.

Surviving family members include his wife of 51 years Nancy Nicholas

Sons: Eric Nicholas and wife Danielle, Mark Nicholas and wife Kelly,  Kurt Dempsey and girlfriend Peggy Schiele

Granddaughter: Peyton Nicholas

Grandsons: Evan Nicholas, Matt Nicholas and wife Natasha, Ryan Nicholas and wife Brianna, Lee Dempsey and wife Chelsea, Darrell Conklin and girlfriend Kimberly

Great-granddaughters: Charlotte, Madison and Nova

Great-grandson: Lawson

Sister: Mary Fish and husband John

Brother: Richard Nicholas and girlfriend Cheryl Ferguson

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00pm Sunday, February 18, 2024 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home. Burial with full military honors by the Veterans' Honor Guard will follow in Old Bon Air Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 1:00pm Sunday at Hunter Funeral Home. Cody Holman will officiate.

Eric Nicholas, Mark Nicholas, Kurt Dempsey, Matt Nicholas, Ryan Nicholas and Evan Nicholas will serve as pallbearers.