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Submitted: 1/28/11 • Approved: 1/28/11 • Last Updated: 7/29/12 • R454901-G0-S3
Born February 5, 1878, Howell County, Missouri.
Died September 29, 1961, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Son of John Henry & Mary Ann Bunch Hicks.
Married Retta Bell Cox, November 10, 1918, Baxter County, Arkansas.
The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, October 5, 1961:
Last Rites Sunday For W. N. Hicks
Funeral Services were held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the Roller Chapel for William Newton Hicks aged 88. Rev. O. L. Ford of Midway officiated. Mr. Hicks died early Friday morning at his residence on Route 1, Gassville.
Pallbearers were J. D. Alley, Floyd Morris, Henry Wheat, W. A. Doaks, Lee Douglas and Sam Douglas.
Mr. Hicks, a farmer, had spent most of his lifetime in this county. He was born February 5, 1878 in Howell County, Mo., the son of John Hicks and Mary Ann Bunch Hicks.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Retta Hicks of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Willie Jones of Viola, Mrs. Opal Reynolds of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. Mabel Bryant and Mrs. Norma Jean Cash both of Mountain Home; seven grandchildren; a brother, C. C. Hicks of Bakersfield, Mo., and a sister, Mrs. Elvira Powers of Mountain Home.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 1/28/11 by maxparnell
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