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Bobby Joe Hicks

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Bobby Joe Hicks Veteran

Birth
Ralls, Crosby County, Texas, USA
Death
21 Jul 1974 (aged 34)
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Funeral Services For Bobby Joe Hicks Wed.

Funeral services for Bobby Joe Hicks, 34, a former Clarendon resident were held at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, 1974, at graveside in Citizens Cemetery with Rev. Albert Yarbrough, pastor of the St. Mark Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in Citizens Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Schooler-Gordon-Robertson Funeral Directors.

Mr. Hicks was found dead at his room in a Hotel in Colorado City, Texas Monday, July 22, 1974. He had apparently been dead for several days and results of an autopsy showed he had died from a bleeding ulcer. He was born August 13, 1939 in Ralls, Texas and worked s a general laborer. He was a veteran and a member of the Baptitst [sic] Church.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Hicks of Clarendon; three sons, Bobby Joe, Tommy Leroy, and Steven Hicks all of Clarendon; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hicks of Clarendon; four sisters, Mrs. Bernice Montgomery of San Bernardino, California, Mrs. Juanita Ashley, and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Gaines, both of Amarillo, Mrs. Brenette Ballard of Richmond, Calif.; three brothers, Arthur and Raymond, both of Amarillo, and Oscar Hicks Jr. of Colorado City, Texas.

Howard Weatherton, Willie Weatherton, Odell Louis, Mearl Louis, David Jones, and Collier Gilmore served as bearers.

(Published in The Donley County Leader & The Clarendon News, New Series - Volume 45 No. 28, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, July 25, 1974, Page 8)
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name Bobby Hicks
Death Date 21 Jul 1974
Death County Mitchell
Gender Male
Marital Status Single

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name Bobby Joe Hicks
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Death Age 34
Birth Date 13 Aug 1939
Birth Place Ralls, Texas
Residence Date Abt 1974
Residence Place Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA
Death Date 21 Jul 1974
Death Place Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA
Father Oscar Hicks
Mother Mandy Sadler
Spouse Shirley Hicks
Certificate Number 68963
Funeral Services For Bobby Joe Hicks Wed.

Funeral services for Bobby Joe Hicks, 34, a former Clarendon resident were held at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, 1974, at graveside in Citizens Cemetery with Rev. Albert Yarbrough, pastor of the St. Mark Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in Citizens Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Schooler-Gordon-Robertson Funeral Directors.

Mr. Hicks was found dead at his room in a Hotel in Colorado City, Texas Monday, July 22, 1974. He had apparently been dead for several days and results of an autopsy showed he had died from a bleeding ulcer. He was born August 13, 1939 in Ralls, Texas and worked s a general laborer. He was a veteran and a member of the Baptitst [sic] Church.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Hicks of Clarendon; three sons, Bobby Joe, Tommy Leroy, and Steven Hicks all of Clarendon; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hicks of Clarendon; four sisters, Mrs. Bernice Montgomery of San Bernardino, California, Mrs. Juanita Ashley, and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Gaines, both of Amarillo, Mrs. Brenette Ballard of Richmond, Calif.; three brothers, Arthur and Raymond, both of Amarillo, and Oscar Hicks Jr. of Colorado City, Texas.

Howard Weatherton, Willie Weatherton, Odell Louis, Mearl Louis, David Jones, and Collier Gilmore served as bearers.

(Published in The Donley County Leader & The Clarendon News, New Series - Volume 45 No. 28, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, July 25, 1974, Page 8)
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name Bobby Hicks
Death Date 21 Jul 1974
Death County Mitchell
Gender Male
Marital Status Single

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name Bobby Joe Hicks
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Death Age 34
Birth Date 13 Aug 1939
Birth Place Ralls, Texas
Residence Date Abt 1974
Residence Place Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA
Death Date 21 Jul 1974
Death Place Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA
Father Oscar Hicks
Mother Mandy Sadler
Spouse Shirley Hicks
Certificate Number 68963

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