Nickey Richardson Program

Nickey Shawn Richardson

Nickey was born September 12, 1963 to Eula Richardson in Houston, Texas. Nickey and his family moved to Shreveport and that is where Nickey accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized and served at the Shiloh Missionary Baptist where he was active in the choir and was a junior deacon. He often played his saxophone at church events. He attended Ingersoll Elementary, J.S. Clark Junior High, and Booker T. Washington High School. He was active in sports, mainly basketball. That was one of his passions. He graduated from Booker T. Washington in 1981 where he was the Sr. Class President that year. Nickey went on to attend Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he received a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1986. During his college years is where he met his future wife Develon. They decided to settle in Texas and were married in 1989. He joined the US Army Reserves in 1987 and served until 1991. Nickey decided that Engineering was great, but that helping people was his calling, so he joined the Dallas Fire Department in 1988. He served as a firefighter and paramedic for 34 years before retiring in 2022. He always leaned towards the paramedic side of the job. When everyone else was trying to get off the ambulance, he would volunteer to ride the ambulance, even when it wasn’t his turn to ride. He gained so much satisfaction from being able to help people on his paramedic journey (particularly the elderly). He would routinely receive letters of appreciation from citizens that he made calls on, just because of the way he treated them and made them feel they were being taken care of. He was a member of the Dallas Firefighters Association and the Dallas Black Firefighters Association. Before he retired, Nickey also started to work at Allegiance Mobile Health in Sherman, Texas. Here was yet another avenue where he got to put his paramedic skills to work to help those in medical need. It was supposed to just be something to do part time on one of his days off (so his wife couldn’t give him honey-do’s) but it turned into 10 years on the job. Nickey led his life by helping others. He mentored his nieces, nephews, young paramedics and those looking to get into the EMT field (and he was hard on them, because he knew their potential). He was a listening ear for family and friends. Nickey was preceded in death by his grandmother, Ms. Ilee Caldwell. Nickey leaves to cherish his memories: his loving wife, Develon Richardson of Lucas, TX; his mother, Eula Richardson of Waxahachie, TX; two brothers, Michael (Charlene) Richardson of Pineville, LA and Kelly (Lauren) Richardson of Denton, TX; two sisters, Sharon (Michael) Williams of Waxahachie, TX and Patricia Broadnax of Dallas, TX; nieces, Bria, Brielle, Kiara; nephews, KJ and Nicholas. Nickey also leaves a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, in-laws, and friends. He will be truly missed.

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