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Submitted: 11/19/17 • Approved: 11/19/17 • Last Updated: 11/22/17 • R1202765-G1202763-S3
Mary
Dec 5, 1923 - Mar 14, 2016
Jerry Preston
June 6, 1921 - Dec 14, 2003
Married July 10, 1943
Mary Bliss Yancey Hicky died March 14, 2016, at the age of 92. Mrs. Hicky was born December 5, 1923 in Luxora, Arkansas, to William Bliss Yancey and Elta Spann Yancey.
She started school in Brickeys and Hughes. From the fifth through the tenth grades, she attended St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis as a boarding student, then graduated from Marianna High School. She furthered her education at Fairmont Junior College in Washington, DC, and at The Casements in Ormond Beach, FL. She was in Washington when Pearl Harbor was bombed and was in the Senate Gallery when President Roosevelt declared war on Japan.
In 1945 she wed Jerry Preston Hicky of Forrest City, and they were married for 58 years until Mr. Hicky’s death in 2003. They lived in Marianna until 1999 and then moved to Forrest City. She loved to entertain in her home, and her favorite pastimes included canning vegetables and making pickles grown in their gardens and peach orchards. She was devoted to her family.
Mrs. Hicky was an Episcopalian and enjoyed church activities, serving on the Altar Guild for many years. She was a charter member of The Junior Auxiliary in Marianna. In later years, she and her husband enjoyed traveling. After his death, she enjoyed retirement in both Hot Springs and Conway, and she spent her last years in Memphis. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and her son Preston Gray Hicky.
Funeral services at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Burial at Marianna Memorial Park.
Contributed on 11/19/17 by hawkinsdonna48
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