Mrs. Louise Small Hicks

On June 23, 2023, Alma Louise Hicks, at 6:50 PM, ended her earthly race, passed from this life, and her spirit returned to God who gave it Ecclesiastes 12:7. She was born on July 9, 1925, in what is now the Natchez Trace State Park. She was preceded in death by her husband Darrell Hicks, her father Joe Bryan Small, her mother Lena Cozart Small, and her sister Mellie Jo Crocker. She is survived by her son Terry Hicks of Henderson County, a granddaughter Amy Angelli of Anacortes Washington, a grandson James Hicks of Lancaster California, 3 great grandchildren Katherine Hicks, Damon Hicks, and Giovanni Angelli all of Anacortes Washington, and one nephew Bryan Crocker of Penn Cove Washington. She grew up in Henderson County, first living on a farm near the intersection of the Natchez Trace Road and Pin Oak Lodge Road, then in Wildersville, also in house number 4 at the Robertson Corner near the Fire Tower, and on the Frate Lewis place on the old Wildersville Road. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1943. Having heard the Word of God all her life, she was baptized into Christ at the Wildersville Church of Christ. In 1946 her father was employed by the Brown Shoe Company and she moved with her family to Caruthersville Missouri. There she met her future husband Darrell Hicks, and they were married on March 1, 1949, in Corinth, Mississippi. About 1953 she moved with her husband and son to Memphis, residing there until 1957, when the family moved to Santa Monica in Southern California. There she had a 27 year career with the General Telephone Company. From 1957 to 1986 Louise and Darrell were members of the Venice Church of Christ where Louise’s uncle Roy Harris (also from Henderson County ) was an Elder of the congregation. In 1986 upon retiring, they moved 100 miles north to Palmdale California and became members of the 5th Street East Church of Christ. In July of 2007, two years after her husband passed away, she returned to Lexington and was a member of the Expressway Church of Christ. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 PM, Friday, June 30, 3023 in the chapel of Pafford Funeral Home in Lexington. Interment will follow in Hare Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday from 11 AM – 2 PM.

Mrs. Louise Small Hicks

July 9, 1925 - June 23, 2023