He was born in Blackshear, Georgia, son of the late Lazarus Darling Hickox and Rosa Beverly Hickox.
He retired from the U. S. Army with twenty-two years of service, where he served during World War Two, Korean Conflict and Vietnam.
He had been making his home in Waycross since 1970 and owned and operated the P & H Mobile Home Equipment Company. He was a member and Past President of the Waycross Lions Club, Commander of Post Ten American Legion, Past Commander of Post 4382 VFW, Past Commander District fourteen VFW, Seam Squirrel of MOC and a life member of the DAV.
He is survived by his wife Barbara Nodine Hickox of Waycross; four sons, Tommy Hickox of Birmingham, Ala., Larry Hickox of Jemison, Ala., Jody Hickox of Waycross and Curt Rowell of Albany, N.Y.; five daughters Kathy Lee, Denise Middleton, Colleen Clark, Teresa Rowell all of Waycross, Gail Mitchell of Antelope, Calif. a sister Alberta Tessner of Jacksonville, Fla.; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, aunts, uncles and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon (3-2-02) at two o'clock in the Chapel of the Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Burial will be in High Bluff Cemetery.
The Waycross Lions Club, American Legion Post # 10, # 517, # 181, VFW Post # 4382 will serve as Honorary Pallbearers. They are requested to gather at the funeral home at 1:30 Saturday afternoon.
The family will receive friends at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home from six until nine o'clock Friday and have requested that memorials be sent to the Lake City Veterans Nursing Home in Lake City, Fla.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
He was born in Blackshear, Georgia, son of the late Lazarus Darling Hickox and Rosa Beverly Hickox.
He retired from the U. S. Army with twenty-two years of service, where he served during World War Two, Korean Conflict and Vietnam.
He had been making his home in Waycross since 1970 and owned and operated the P & H Mobile Home Equipment Company. He was a member and Past President of the Waycross Lions Club, Commander of Post Ten American Legion, Past Commander of Post 4382 VFW, Past Commander District fourteen VFW, Seam Squirrel of MOC and a life member of the DAV.
He is survived by his wife Barbara Nodine Hickox of Waycross; four sons, Tommy Hickox of Birmingham, Ala., Larry Hickox of Jemison, Ala., Jody Hickox of Waycross and Curt Rowell of Albany, N.Y.; five daughters Kathy Lee, Denise Middleton, Colleen Clark, Teresa Rowell all of Waycross, Gail Mitchell of Antelope, Calif. a sister Alberta Tessner of Jacksonville, Fla.; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, aunts, uncles and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon (3-2-02) at two o'clock in the Chapel of the Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Burial will be in High Bluff Cemetery.
The Waycross Lions Club, American Legion Post # 10, # 517, # 181, VFW Post # 4382 will serve as Honorary Pallbearers. They are requested to gather at the funeral home at 1:30 Saturday afternoon.
The family will receive friends at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home from six until nine o'clock Friday and have requested that memorials be sent to the Lake City Veterans Nursing Home in Lake City, Fla.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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