Middle and nickname provided by Doug McBroom
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Update from Barry Holland...
Most everything I have read has his name as Emanuel Alonzo Hicks. He always went by Lonnie from what I understand. So far the only mention of Elonzo is a WWI draft card. He does sign it "Emanuel E Lonzo Hicks", and it is written Elonzo at the top. He is listed as Lonny on the 1880 census, Alonzo on the 1900, Emanuel L. on the 1910 and 1930, and E. L. on the 1920. Quite confusing. He was also once confused with his brother-in-law Dave Cook, who was killed in the Minden tornado of 1933. There was an article mentioning 'local business owner' killed, etc. The following week they retracted. I've been told he owned a brothel in Minden.
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Minden (La) Press (Aug. 27, 1956)
Rites Held Sunday
For E. L. Hicks
Funeral services were held yesterday in the Old Castor church for E.L. Hicks, 79, of Minden, who died Saturday in a Shreveport hospital following a long illness.
The Rev. C.A. Green, pastor of the Beech Springs Baptist church officiated and burial was in the old Castor cemetery under the direction of the Green-Kleinegger Funeral Home.
Mr. Hicks, a former rural newspaper carrier and a resident of Minden for the past 25 years, was a member of the Beech Springs Baptist church.
He is survived by six sons, Colvin and Omer Dean Hicks of Minden; Rudolph, J.B., and E.L. Hicks, Jr., all of Shreveport; and William M. Hicks of Benton, Kentucky; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Habard of Castor and Mrs. Lillie Mae Holmes of El Dorado, Ark.; three brothers, Webbie Hicks of Ruston, Clifton Hicks of Bryceland, and Kitrell Hicks of Oak Grove; 32 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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Update from Barry Holland...
Most everything I have read has his name as Emanuel Alonzo Hicks. He always went by Lonnie from what I understand. So far the only mention of Elonzo is a WWI draft card. He does sign it "Emanuel E Lonzo Hicks", and it is written Elonzo at the top. He is listed as Lonny on the 1880 census, Alonzo on the 1900, Emanuel L. on the 1910 and 1930, and E. L. on the 1920. Quite confusing. He was also once confused with his brother-in-law Dave Cook, who was killed in the Minden tornado of 1933. There was an article mentioning 'local business owner' killed, etc. The following week they retracted. I've been told he owned a brothel in Minden.
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Minden (La) Press (Aug. 27, 1956)
Rites Held Sunday
For E. L. Hicks
Funeral services were held yesterday in the Old Castor church for E.L. Hicks, 79, of Minden, who died Saturday in a Shreveport hospital following a long illness.
The Rev. C.A. Green, pastor of the Beech Springs Baptist church officiated and burial was in the old Castor cemetery under the direction of the Green-Kleinegger Funeral Home.
Mr. Hicks, a former rural newspaper carrier and a resident of Minden for the past 25 years, was a member of the Beech Springs Baptist church.
He is survived by six sons, Colvin and Omer Dean Hicks of Minden; Rudolph, J.B., and E.L. Hicks, Jr., all of Shreveport; and William M. Hicks of Benton, Kentucky; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Habard of Castor and Mrs. Lillie Mae Holmes of El Dorado, Ark.; three brothers, Webbie Hicks of Ruston, Clifton Hicks of Bryceland, and Kitrell Hicks of Oak Grove; 32 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Middle and nickname provided by Doug McBroom
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Update from Barry Holland...
Most everything I have read has his name as Emanuel Alonzo Hicks. He always went by Lonnie from what I understand. So far the only mention of Elonzo is a WWI draft card. He does sign it "Emanuel E Lonzo Hicks", and it is written Elonzo at the top. He is listed as Lonny on the 1880 census, Alonzo on the 1900, Emanuel L. on the 1910 and 1930, and E. L. on the 1920. Quite confusing. He was also once confused with his brother-in-law Dave Cook, who was killed in the Minden tornado of 1933. There was an article mentioning 'local business owner' killed, etc. The following week they retracted. I've been told he owned a brothel in Minden.
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Minden (La) Press (Aug. 27, 1956)
Rites Held Sunday
For E. L. Hicks
Funeral services were held yesterday in the Old Castor church for E.L. Hicks, 79, of Minden, who died Saturday in a Shreveport hospital following a long illness.
The Rev. C.A. Green, pastor of the Beech Springs Baptist church officiated and burial was in the old Castor cemetery under the direction of the Green-Kleinegger Funeral Home.
Mr. Hicks, a former rural newspaper carrier and a resident of Minden for the past 25 years, was a member of the Beech Springs Baptist church.
He is survived by six sons, Colvin and Omer Dean Hicks of Minden; Rudolph, J.B., and E.L. Hicks, Jr., all of Shreveport; and William M. Hicks of Benton, Kentucky; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Habard of Castor and Mrs. Lillie Mae Holmes of El Dorado, Ark.; three brothers, Webbie Hicks of Ruston, Clifton Hicks of Bryceland, and Kitrell Hicks of Oak Grove; 32 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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Update from Barry Holland...
Most everything I have read has his name as Emanuel Alonzo Hicks. He always went by Lonnie from what I understand. So far the only mention of Elonzo is a WWI draft card. He does sign it "Emanuel E Lonzo Hicks", and it is written Elonzo at the top. He is listed as Lonny on the 1880 census, Alonzo on the 1900, Emanuel L. on the 1910 and 1930, and E. L. on the 1920. Quite confusing. He was also once confused with his brother-in-law Dave Cook, who was killed in the Minden tornado of 1933. There was an article mentioning 'local business owner' killed, etc. The following week they retracted. I've been told he owned a brothel in Minden.
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Minden (La) Press (Aug. 27, 1956)
Rites Held Sunday
For E. L. Hicks
Funeral services were held yesterday in the Old Castor church for E.L. Hicks, 79, of Minden, who died Saturday in a Shreveport hospital following a long illness.
The Rev. C.A. Green, pastor of the Beech Springs Baptist church officiated and burial was in the old Castor cemetery under the direction of the Green-Kleinegger Funeral Home.
Mr. Hicks, a former rural newspaper carrier and a resident of Minden for the past 25 years, was a member of the Beech Springs Baptist church.
He is survived by six sons, Colvin and Omer Dean Hicks of Minden; Rudolph, J.B., and E.L. Hicks, Jr., all of Shreveport; and William M. Hicks of Benton, Kentucky; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Habard of Castor and Mrs. Lillie Mae Holmes of El Dorado, Ark.; three brothers, Webbie Hicks of Ruston, Clifton Hicks of Bryceland, and Kitrell Hicks of Oak Grove; 32 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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