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Submitted: 7/24/17 • Approved: 7/26/17 • Last Updated: 7/29/17 • R1188857-G0-S3
MASTER SERGEANT US Air Force
Vietnam
April 12, 1938 - October 2, 2011
SSW Beth Ann Hickman
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
BELLA VISTA — John Allen Hickman, 73, of Bella Vista died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville.
John was born April 12, 1938, in Pea Ridge, to the late Clyde Wilson Hickman and Margaret Florelle (Woods) Hickman.
John graduated from Pea Ridge High School in 1956 and married the love of his life, Beth Prior Hickman, in Biloxi, Miss., in 1960.
John retired from the USAF in 1979, having served 20 years for his country, and then retired again in 2001 from Scott Paper/Fibertech/PGI. He loved working with the Pea Ridge Historical Society, the NWA Genealogical Society, working with his computers and photography, especially of his family.
John is survived by his loving wife 51 years, Beth, of the home; three sons, Tim Hickman of Lee's Summit, Mo., Dennis Hickman of Bentonville, and Daniel Hickman of Bella Vista; two daughters, Nancy Merkey and her husband, Gary, of Centerton, and Mary Thompson of Conway; one brother, Jim Hickman and his wife, Bridgette, of Bella Vista; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; five nephews; and one niece.
Graveside services for John will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at Fayetteville National Cemetery. Arrangements made under the direction of Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers.
Contributed on 7/24/17 by judyfrog
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