Misty Dawn Nicholson

Misty Dawn Nicholson, 42, of Amarillo died on Friday, April 28, 2017. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, May 8, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church in Hereford with Pastor Kevin Bushart officiating. Arrangements are by LaGrone Blackburn Shaw Funeral Directors, 8310 S. Coulter.

Misty was born on November 30, 1974 in Hereford to Jim and Judy Nicholson. She graduated from Hereford High School in 1993 and continued her education at Amarillo College where she received her paramedic certificate in 1995. Misty then earned her associates degree in nursing from Excelsior College in 2006. Misty worked for Cook Children's Hospital in Ft. Worth, OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City and then Lifeshare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma City. It was at Lifeshare that she developed a passion for organ donation. Misty moved to Amarillo and worked for Northwest Texas Hospital and Rico Aviation.

Misty loved being at the ranch surrounded by her family, friends and she loved doing everything with her beautiful daughter, London. She loved doing anything in the medical field from teaching to taking care of her patients and loved her job at Rico where she was flying to take care of someone that needed her. Misty loved everybody and would do anything to help someone.

She is survived by her daughter, London; her parents, Jim and Judy Nicholson; her brother, Spencer Nicholson and wife Meredith; her grandmother, Claudia Wilson and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers the family would like for donations to be made to the London Nicholson Scholarship Fund in care of First Financial Bank P.O. Box 272 Hereford, Texas 79045