Cecil B. Hicks

Cecil B. Hicks, son of the late George Hicks and Trannie Ingle Hicks, was born on Feb. 28, 1931, in Double Springs, Ala., and died on Sept. 16, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84.

Mr. Hicks had worked as a farm equipment mechanic and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Essex-Gray Ridge Lions Club and a resident of Essex. Mr. Hicks enjoyed hunting and fishing. One of his greatest joys was spending time with his grandchildren.

On Dec. 24, 1954, he was united in marriage to Oleta Stumbaugh in Yuma, Ariz. Mrs. Hicks survives of the home.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Keith Hicks and his wife, Evelyn of Essex; one daughter, Sheryll Page, of Cape Girardeau; four brothers, Ed Hicks of Advance, Bobby Hicks of Essex, Dee Wayne Hicks of Jackson, Mo., and Lamar Hicks of Kansas City, Mo.; five grandchildren, Nick Cozby, Katie Cozby, Ryan Hicks, Ashley Hicks and Luke Patrick; and four great-grandchildren, Lily Cozby, Ryker Cozby, Finn Patrick and Hulson Daugherty.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, William Hicks and Billy Hicks; and four sisters, Jewell Ramsey, Lois Richards, Lorene Fulgham and Gertrude Hicks.

Graveside services will be conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at 1 p.m. with James Malloy and Ronnie Ledbetter officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery.

The family suggests that memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P. O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908 or the Stoddard County Children's Home Memorial Tribute Fund, P. O. Box 164, Dexter, MO 63841

Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.