Niels Erik Schultz [2062]

   Another name for Niels was Erik Schultz.

  General Notes:

Fire equipment salesman and farmer, passed away at his home in Hickory Valley on August 13, 2007. He is survived by wife, Margie; and four children, Mimi Hurd, Karen Schultz, Gretchen Julius and Arthur Schultz. (Published in The Commercial Appeal on 8/15/2007)

Let the wealthy and great
Roll in splendour and state
I envy them not, I declare it
I eat my own lamb
My own chickens and ham
I shear my own fleece and I wear it
I have lawns, I have bowers
I have fruits, I have flowers
The lark is my morning alarmer
So jolly boys now
Here's God speed the plough
Long life and success to the
Farmer

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Niels Erik Schultz was born Sep. 22, 1929 in Sommerville, to Ernst Ludvig, born Jul. 27 1891, and Herdis Sejersen Schultz, born Jan. 19, 1894. His parents were born in Denmark, Europe and came to America on their honeymoon in 1914. His Father worked in the Ford plant in Michigan where he subsequently farmed, built and operated a hydroelectric plant. After selling the power plant, the family, including one brother Ernst Ludvig Schultz Jr., born Feb. 7, 1918, and two sisters, Vita Light, born Jun. 5 1915, and Grete Elsebet (Betsy) Dupree, born Jul. 5 1926, came down the Mississippi River and purchased a farm in Fayette County, TN.
In 1934, at the age of four, Erik moved to Hickory Valley, TN when the family purchased the Whitney Hill Plantation. Erik attended school in Hickory Valley and Grand Junction then graduated from Gulfcoast Military Academy. He served in the United States Air Force and attended the University of Tennessee until he was called back into the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was employed by Chicago & Southern as an airplane mechanic, then by Howe Fire Apparatus, selling fire equipment, which he continued to do for over 40 years.
Erik married Margie Elisabeth Ervin on Jun. 14 1959. Margie was born on May 22, 1938 in the Ebernezer Community to Arthur Henry, born Sep. 15 1891, and Iva Grantham Ervin, born Mar. 15, 1901. Her father served in France during World War I and was a farmer. Her mother was a homemaker. Earlier ancestors were from Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. She has one brother, Marvin Arthur Ervin, born Jul. 19, 1928, and two sisters, Marlene DeBerry, born Mar. 29, 1934, and Margaret Smith, born Oct. 12, 1940. Margie attended Ebernezzer School, and then graduated from Central High School in Bolivar. She was employed by International Shoe Company - Bolivar Tannery.
Erik and Margie are the parents of four children: Mimi Hurd, born Sep. 20, 1960; Karen Marie, born May 4, 1963; Gretchen Julius, born Nov. 12, 1966, and Arthur Henry, born Feb. 22, 1973. The children were educated in the public school in Hardman County. Fayette Academy in Somerville and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Mimi holds a bachelor of science degree in banking and finance and received her doctorate of jurisprudence from Nashville School of Law in 1987. She married Raymond Brent Hurd of Lebanon, TN in 1983. They own and operate a real estate management company in Nashville. They have two children. Olivia Kathryn, born Sep. 8, 1993, and Sam Patric, born Oct. 23, 1995. Karen, a resident of Knoxville, is a Real Estate Manager eith properties in Knoxville, Birmingham, and Memphis. She has been a member of IREM since 1995. Gretchen, also og Knoxville, has been employed by the Cooper Companies for nine years and is Food and Beverage Director for Grand Plaza Hotel in Oak Ridge, TN. Gretchen married James Jay Julius of Knoxville. Arthur Henry is employed at CCA in Whiteville and is engaged in cattle farming with his father in Hickory Valley. He is a volunteer on the Hickory Valley Fire Department.
The Schultzes are communicants of the Episcopal Church.
Erik has always extended his civic efforts toward the fire department, being a volunteer on the Bolivar and Hickory Valley Fire Departments. He take much pride in the statement made by more than one fire chief that he is "the best friend a volunteer fire department even had." Margie is a homemaker, a member of the Hickory Valley Women's Club, and Old Hatchie Fiber Friends. She enjoys basket making in her spare time.
Submitted by Margie Schultz. ²⁰⁷⁸

Niels married Margie Elizabeth Ervin [2066] [MRIN: 934], daughter of Arthur Henry Ervin [2071] and Iva Elmer Grantham [2072].