of Sherwood, AR
December 19, 1937 - March 24, 2024
Nikki Worrell, age 86, of Sherwood, Arkansas passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2024 with his beloved wife of 67 years, Barbara, by his side.
Nikki was born on December 19, 1937 in Levy, Arkansas. He attended elementary school in Sherwood and graduated from North Little Rock High School. He played basketball, softball and tennis. After 38 years, Nikki retired as a meat cutter from Safeway and Harvest Foods. Nikki was an avid faithful Razorback fan. He was a longtime member at Sherwood First Baptist Church. He loved playing tennis, taking photographs and visiting with his family and pets.
Nikki was preceded in death by his father, Alver Worrell; his mother, Ann (Pennington) Worrell; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob (Janie) Worrell, Bill (Maria) Worrell, Jim (Lois) Worrell; sisters and brothers-in-law, Jean (Johnny) McGowen and Shirley (Jarvis) Adams and grandson, James Russell Worrell.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; sons, Kelly and Amy Worrell of Centerton and Kasey and Tina Worrell of Sherwood; daughter, Kimberly Worrell of North Little Rock; grandchildren, Tabitha and Brad Johnson of Neosho, MO, Jonathon Worrell of Rogers, Katie and Craig Denette of Sherwood, Brandi and Nick Toland of Sherwood, Madison Babb of Missouri Valley, IA, Eli, Zac and Josie Worrell of Centerton; great grandchildren, Travis Toland, Emily and Iris Denette, Rae and Beaux Johnson and numerous nephews and nieces.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Sherwood First Baptist Church or the Parkinson Foundation.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, 7417 Jacksonville Conway Rd., Jacksonville, Arkansas 72076.
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4 Condolence(s)
Kimberly Worrell
Sunday, April 7, 2024
I miss you so much Dad. You were a dad who was so special..you were my hero. You always showed your unconditional love for me and who loved us all so very much. You brought so much happiness to many hearts you touched, and that was a lot. You were always kind and caring and so understanding too, and, if help was ever needed it freely came from you. I love you daddy.
Tommy Worrell
Sunday, March 31, 2024
We spend many hours on the basketball court at the end of the driveway. We never played together at school he was Billy’s age and they played together all the time.
He was a good man & father, know he will be missed.
Ed Petri
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Dear Barbara,
I just this morning heard of Nikki's passing from mutual friends when I was at Burns Park. I'm sorry I found out too late about the funeral as I would have liked to have been in attendance. Nikki was one of the first tennis players I met at Burns Park when I moved here from Ft.Worth in 1999. He made me feel welcome and included me in his group of players. We had a lot of fun doubles matches together over the years. For a couple of years we even played on the same USTA team. He will be missed. Please know that we are thinking of you at this sad time.
Sincerely,
Ed and Glenda Petri
Kerry Cates
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Nikki,
I’ll always remember the fierce tennis matches we played together.
We had many good times on a few trips with you and Barbara and my wife Carolyn.
I hope you and Carolyn are playing lots of tennis today.