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Jack Edward Hickman

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Jack Edward Hickman

Birth
Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, USA
Death
10 Aug 2019 (aged 92)
Conway, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Former resident of Westerville, OH. He was the last surviving and youngest of 9 children born to Earnest Zachariah & Margaret Artie (Terry) Hickman. Growing up, his family were farmers; some of the land his family farmed and owned is now where Bristol Village Retirement facility is located in Waverly, OH. At the age of 16, he moved to Columbus and found a job with Curtis Wright working on planes called the Helldive bomber. At the age of 17, he joined the Navy and was assigned to the USS Kidd DD661 (Destroyer) as a Seaman First Class. He was Honorably Discharged on July 12, 1946. On April 10, 1948, he married Blanch Avonelle Hatfield in Russell, KY. He used the GI bill to go through Body and Fender School, which led him to work for Rush Motor. In 1950, he joined the Sheet Metal Union Local 98 – known today as Local 24. He worked for a few metal shops until 1969, when Carl Lambert asked him to work for him at Lambert Sheet Metal. He became a 32nd Degree Mason in 1974. He retired in 1992. He lived on Walnut Street in Westerville from 1965 until 2000. He moved into his daughter's home in Groveport in 2006. He is survived by his daughters Rhonda (John Cunningham) and Carol Hickman, two grandchildren Jack Edward (Jeni) Lee and Anicia Ann (Ben) Meoak; 5 great-grandchildren.
Former resident of Westerville, OH. He was the last surviving and youngest of 9 children born to Earnest Zachariah & Margaret Artie (Terry) Hickman. Growing up, his family were farmers; some of the land his family farmed and owned is now where Bristol Village Retirement facility is located in Waverly, OH. At the age of 16, he moved to Columbus and found a job with Curtis Wright working on planes called the Helldive bomber. At the age of 17, he joined the Navy and was assigned to the USS Kidd DD661 (Destroyer) as a Seaman First Class. He was Honorably Discharged on July 12, 1946. On April 10, 1948, he married Blanch Avonelle Hatfield in Russell, KY. He used the GI bill to go through Body and Fender School, which led him to work for Rush Motor. In 1950, he joined the Sheet Metal Union Local 98 – known today as Local 24. He worked for a few metal shops until 1969, when Carl Lambert asked him to work for him at Lambert Sheet Metal. He became a 32nd Degree Mason in 1974. He retired in 1992. He lived on Walnut Street in Westerville from 1965 until 2000. He moved into his daughter's home in Groveport in 2006. He is survived by his daughters Rhonda (John Cunningham) and Carol Hickman, two grandchildren Jack Edward (Jeni) Lee and Anicia Ann (Ben) Meoak; 5 great-grandchildren.

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