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Submitted: 8/8/20 • Approved: 8/8/20 • Last Updated: 8/11/20 • R1332642-G927044-S3
Earl 18 Jul 1914 - 21 Feb 1989
Ruby 11 May 1919 - 01 Feb 2011
Marriage: 29 Sept 1934
Ruby
1) Earl Melvin Hicks 29 Sept 1934
2) James Asa Bradshaw 26 Nov 1991
Earl Melvin Hicks son of Uriah Hezekiah Hicks and Minnie Ethel (Jenkins) Hicks. Ruby Irene (Huggins) Hicks Brashaw daughter of William Ransom Huggins and Hattie Othelia (Watson) Huggins.
**obituary
Ruby Irene Hicks Bradshaw
May 11, 1919 - February 01, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Irene Hicks Brashaw, 91, of Lawton, OK., formerly of Corning, AR., passed away Tuesday at Southwestern Medical Center in Lawton, OK.
She worked for many years at the Ben Franklin Store and also Basler Electric Company. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She married Earl Melvin Hicks on September 29, 1934 in Datto, AR. He was the son of Uriah Hezekiah (Pete) Hicks and Minnie Ethel Jenkins.
She then married James Asa Bradshaw on November 26, 1991.
She is survived by her son Darrell Hicks and wife Susan of Green Valley, AZ; daughter Janet and husband Dwight Fritts of Elgin, OK; 3 granddaughters Melissa Fritts of Lawton, OK., Julie and husband Mike Green of Cache, OK., and Lorelei Hicks of Tampa, FL.; 2 great-grand-children Thomas Michael and Lauren Michelle Green of Cache, OK.; sister Dorothy Evans of Corning, AR.; an aunt Julia Watson Hicks of Pocahontas, AR.; several cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; parents William Ransom Huggins and Hattie Othelia Watson Huggins; brothers William Earl Huggins, Alvis Cassiby Huggins; and sister Iva Jerlene O'Kelley.
Obituary located through Ermert Funeral Home Corning, Clay County, Arkansas published Feb 2011. © Copyright 2010 - 20 Ermert Funeral Home, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name:Earl Hicks
Event Type:Marriage
Event Date:29 Sep 1934
Event Place:Clay, Arkansas, United States
Event Place (Original):, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place:Datto, Arkansas
Gender:Male
Spouse's Name:Ruby Huggins
Spouse's Residence Place:Datto, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender:Female
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