MARTIN HOWARD HICKS
Funeral services for Martin Howard Hicks, 80, of Crossville, who passed away April 29, 1998, will be held , May 1, at 10 a.m. from the chapel of Burris Funeral Home, with burial in Spring City Cemetery.
He was born April 24, 1918 in Rhea County, TN, the son of Thomas A. Hicks and Alice Heird.
Mr. Hicks served in the U.S. Navy during the Pacific campaign in World War II as a navigator on the USS Denver. After the war, he returned to Tennessee and introduced the Cumberland County area to Kern's Bakery products and Galo (now Kay's) Ice Cream. The booming economy at that time allowed him to bring his brother, Garland, and son-in-law, Jimmy F. Mayfield, into the business. After 42 years, Mr. Hicks retired from Kern's. Mr. Hicks and his son-in-law purchased a grocery business in Crossville, where he was active until shortly before his death.
Mr. Hicks was active in civic and business affairs and was very interested in the growth of Crossville and Cumberland County. He served as mayor of Crossville from 1977-78, and he was a city commissioner from 1979-82.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Mayfield and Mark Loyless of Crossville; grandson, Joe Howard Mayfield and his wife, Jennifer, of Atlanta, GA; granddaughter-in-law, Chastity M. Mayfield of Crossville; sisters, Bertie Alexander and Ora Snyder, both of Spring City, TN; and several sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Coulter Galbraith; brothers, Garland Hicks, Bruce Hicks, and Glenn Hicks; and grandson, Robert Lee Mayfield.
Pallbearers will be Keith Snyder, Dean Snyder, Jim Mitchell, Bobby Hicks, Mark Bray, Jeff Sherry, Jeff Wallace and Donald Hicks.
The Rev. Vern Daugherty will officiate.
Memorials may be made to the Robert Lee Mayfield Memorial Scholarship, c/o Union Planters Bank, Crossville, TN 38555.
Burris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Martin Howard Hicks, 80, of Crossville, who passed away April 29, 1998, will be held , May 1, at 10 a.m. from the chapel of Burris Funeral Home, with burial in Spring City Cemetery.
He was born April 24, 1918 in Rhea County, TN, the son of Thomas A. Hicks and Alice Heird.
Mr. Hicks served in the U.S. Navy during the Pacific campaign in World War II as a navigator on the USS Denver. After the war, he returned to Tennessee and introduced the Cumberland County area to Kern's Bakery products and Galo (now Kay's) Ice Cream. The booming economy at that time allowed him to bring his brother, Garland, and son-in-law, Jimmy F. Mayfield, into the business. After 42 years, Mr. Hicks retired from Kern's. Mr. Hicks and his son-in-law purchased a grocery business in Crossville, where he was active until shortly before his death.
Mr. Hicks was active in civic and business affairs and was very interested in the growth of Crossville and Cumberland County. He served as mayor of Crossville from 1977-78, and he was a city commissioner from 1979-82.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Mayfield and Mark Loyless of Crossville; grandson, Joe Howard Mayfield and his wife, Jennifer, of Atlanta, GA; granddaughter-in-law, Chastity M. Mayfield of Crossville; sisters, Bertie Alexander and Ora Snyder, both of Spring City, TN; and several sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Coulter Galbraith; brothers, Garland Hicks, Bruce Hicks, and Glenn Hicks; and grandson, Robert Lee Mayfield.
Pallbearers will be Keith Snyder, Dean Snyder, Jim Mitchell, Bobby Hicks, Mark Bray, Jeff Sherry, Jeff Wallace and Donald Hicks.
The Rev. Vern Daugherty will officiate.
Memorials may be made to the Robert Lee Mayfield Memorial Scholarship, c/o Union Planters Bank, Crossville, TN 38555.
Burris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN HOWARD HICKS
Funeral services for Martin Howard Hicks, 80, of Crossville, who passed away April 29, 1998, will be held , May 1, at 10 a.m. from the chapel of Burris Funeral Home, with burial in Spring City Cemetery.
He was born April 24, 1918 in Rhea County, TN, the son of Thomas A. Hicks and Alice Heird.
Mr. Hicks served in the U.S. Navy during the Pacific campaign in World War II as a navigator on the USS Denver. After the war, he returned to Tennessee and introduced the Cumberland County area to Kern's Bakery products and Galo (now Kay's) Ice Cream. The booming economy at that time allowed him to bring his brother, Garland, and son-in-law, Jimmy F. Mayfield, into the business. After 42 years, Mr. Hicks retired from Kern's. Mr. Hicks and his son-in-law purchased a grocery business in Crossville, where he was active until shortly before his death.
Mr. Hicks was active in civic and business affairs and was very interested in the growth of Crossville and Cumberland County. He served as mayor of Crossville from 1977-78, and he was a city commissioner from 1979-82.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Mayfield and Mark Loyless of Crossville; grandson, Joe Howard Mayfield and his wife, Jennifer, of Atlanta, GA; granddaughter-in-law, Chastity M. Mayfield of Crossville; sisters, Bertie Alexander and Ora Snyder, both of Spring City, TN; and several sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Coulter Galbraith; brothers, Garland Hicks, Bruce Hicks, and Glenn Hicks; and grandson, Robert Lee Mayfield.
Pallbearers will be Keith Snyder, Dean Snyder, Jim Mitchell, Bobby Hicks, Mark Bray, Jeff Sherry, Jeff Wallace and Donald Hicks.
The Rev. Vern Daugherty will officiate.
Memorials may be made to the Robert Lee Mayfield Memorial Scholarship, c/o Union Planters Bank, Crossville, TN 38555.
Burris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Martin Howard Hicks, 80, of Crossville, who passed away April 29, 1998, will be held , May 1, at 10 a.m. from the chapel of Burris Funeral Home, with burial in Spring City Cemetery.
He was born April 24, 1918 in Rhea County, TN, the son of Thomas A. Hicks and Alice Heird.
Mr. Hicks served in the U.S. Navy during the Pacific campaign in World War II as a navigator on the USS Denver. After the war, he returned to Tennessee and introduced the Cumberland County area to Kern's Bakery products and Galo (now Kay's) Ice Cream. The booming economy at that time allowed him to bring his brother, Garland, and son-in-law, Jimmy F. Mayfield, into the business. After 42 years, Mr. Hicks retired from Kern's. Mr. Hicks and his son-in-law purchased a grocery business in Crossville, where he was active until shortly before his death.
Mr. Hicks was active in civic and business affairs and was very interested in the growth of Crossville and Cumberland County. He served as mayor of Crossville from 1977-78, and he was a city commissioner from 1979-82.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Mayfield and Mark Loyless of Crossville; grandson, Joe Howard Mayfield and his wife, Jennifer, of Atlanta, GA; granddaughter-in-law, Chastity M. Mayfield of Crossville; sisters, Bertie Alexander and Ora Snyder, both of Spring City, TN; and several sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Coulter Galbraith; brothers, Garland Hicks, Bruce Hicks, and Glenn Hicks; and grandson, Robert Lee Mayfield.
Pallbearers will be Keith Snyder, Dean Snyder, Jim Mitchell, Bobby Hicks, Mark Bray, Jeff Sherry, Jeff Wallace and Donald Hicks.
The Rev. Vern Daugherty will officiate.
Memorials may be made to the Robert Lee Mayfield Memorial Scholarship, c/o Union Planters Bank, Crossville, TN 38555.
Burris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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