Obituary:
R'reather Kelley Hickman, 97, passed away at her home in Leggett, Texas on July 21, 2012. Graveside services will be held on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Pine Ridge Cemetery with Bro. Calobe Isaacs officiating.
R'reather was born on March 16, 1915 at Bluewater, Texas, the sixth child of ten, born to parents, John William and Willie Mack (Harrell) Kelley. She received her schooling at Camp Ruby and Soda where she grew up. R'reather was very proud to be a fourth generation Polk Countian. She was a human encyclopedia of genealogy facts about her family and the family of her husband. She had an amazing memory and could remember dates as well as who everyone married and the names of their children. While they were growing up, she kept her grandchildren entertained with stories of her childhood while they were shelling bushels of peas and silking corn on the back porch.
On July 11, 1931, she married Noll Hickman in the office of County Judge Will Tullos. She and Noll worked together, hand in hand, to build a good life for themselves and their two daughters. She was a homemaker, farmer, flower gardener and cowgirl. She was a wonderful cook, seamstress and quilter. Her grandchildren often referred to her as "Dr. MawMaw" because of her natural ability to cure what ailed you. She was a strong believer that Kerosene could cure just about anything. R'reather loved to travel around and see new places whether it was ten miles away or a thousand, and she was always up for a road trip. She grieved over the fact that she could not climb Enchanted Rock after discovering it in 1999. She was afraid her bad knee wouldn't tolerate the extreme exercise but that didn't stop her from always wanting to go and see it again if she was in the area. She made many trips with her family, traveling around the United States but she was always happy to get back to Polk County.
R'Reather was predeceased by her parents, her husband; brothers; Louis Kelley, Jim Kelley, Lee Kelley, Addie Kelley and Jake Kelley; sisters, Jewel Kelley, Ivy Bell Kelley-Hickman and Dollie May Kelley-Kerr; sons-in-law, Manton Eddie Marsh Jr. and N. L. Smith; grand-son-in-law, Bill Thagard; great-grandsons, Ryan Roberts and Daniel Thagard.
Survivors include, daughter, Alma Hickman-Marsh of Crosby, Texas and her daughters, Nollene Marsh of Crosby, Texas; Peggy Marsh-Mooring of Porter, Texas; Virginia Marsh-Thagard of Crosby, Texas; Oleather Marsh of Houston, Texas and Martha Marsh-Roberts of Crosby, Texas; daughter; Eva Hickman Smith of Porter, Texas and her children, Dianne Smith-Mancuso of Huffman, Texas, David Smith and wife, Marie of Kingwood, Texas, Loueva Smith of Porter, Texas and Judy Smith-Gompher of California; 10 great-grandchildren and 11, soon to be 12 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her canine children, Chloe and Runt.
R'reather Kelley Hickman, 97, passed away at her home in Leggett, Texas on July 21, 2012. Graveside services will be held on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Pine Ridge Cemetery with Bro. Calobe Isaacs officiating.
R'reather was born on March 16, 1915 at Bluewater, Texas, the sixth child of ten, born to parents, John William and Willie Mack (Harrell) Kelley. She received her schooling at Camp Ruby and Soda where she grew up. R'reather was very proud to be a fourth generation Polk Countian. She was a human encyclopedia of genealogy facts about her family and the family of her husband. She had an amazing memory and could remember dates as well as who everyone married and the names of their children. While they were growing up, she kept her grandchildren entertained with stories of her childhood while they were shelling bushels of peas and silking corn on the back porch.
On July 11, 1931, she married Noll Hickman in the office of County Judge Will Tullos. She and Noll worked together, hand in hand, to build a good life for themselves and their two daughters. She was a homemaker, farmer, flower gardener and cowgirl. She was a wonderful cook, seamstress and quilter. Her grandchildren often referred to her as "Dr. MawMaw" because of her natural ability to cure what ailed you. She was a strong believer that Kerosene could cure just about anything. R'reather loved to travel around and see new places whether it was ten miles away or a thousand, and she was always up for a road trip. She grieved over the fact that she could not climb Enchanted Rock after discovering it in 1999. She was afraid her bad knee wouldn't tolerate the extreme exercise but that didn't stop her from always wanting to go and see it again if she was in the area. She made many trips with her family, traveling around the United States but she was always happy to get back to Polk County.
R'Reather was predeceased by her parents, her husband; brothers; Louis Kelley, Jim Kelley, Lee Kelley, Addie Kelley and Jake Kelley; sisters, Jewel Kelley, Ivy Bell Kelley-Hickman and Dollie May Kelley-Kerr; sons-in-law, Manton Eddie Marsh Jr. and N. L. Smith; grand-son-in-law, Bill Thagard; great-grandsons, Ryan Roberts and Daniel Thagard.
Survivors include, daughter, Alma Hickman-Marsh of Crosby, Texas and her daughters, Nollene Marsh of Crosby, Texas; Peggy Marsh-Mooring of Porter, Texas; Virginia Marsh-Thagard of Crosby, Texas; Oleather Marsh of Houston, Texas and Martha Marsh-Roberts of Crosby, Texas; daughter; Eva Hickman Smith of Porter, Texas and her children, Dianne Smith-Mancuso of Huffman, Texas, David Smith and wife, Marie of Kingwood, Texas, Loueva Smith of Porter, Texas and Judy Smith-Gompher of California; 10 great-grandchildren and 11, soon to be 12 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her canine children, Chloe and Runt.
Obituary:
R'reather Kelley Hickman, 97, passed away at her home in Leggett, Texas on July 21, 2012. Graveside services will be held on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Pine Ridge Cemetery with Bro. Calobe Isaacs officiating.
R'reather was born on March 16, 1915 at Bluewater, Texas, the sixth child of ten, born to parents, John William and Willie Mack (Harrell) Kelley. She received her schooling at Camp Ruby and Soda where she grew up. R'reather was very proud to be a fourth generation Polk Countian. She was a human encyclopedia of genealogy facts about her family and the family of her husband. She had an amazing memory and could remember dates as well as who everyone married and the names of their children. While they were growing up, she kept her grandchildren entertained with stories of her childhood while they were shelling bushels of peas and silking corn on the back porch.
On July 11, 1931, she married Noll Hickman in the office of County Judge Will Tullos. She and Noll worked together, hand in hand, to build a good life for themselves and their two daughters. She was a homemaker, farmer, flower gardener and cowgirl. She was a wonderful cook, seamstress and quilter. Her grandchildren often referred to her as "Dr. MawMaw" because of her natural ability to cure what ailed you. She was a strong believer that Kerosene could cure just about anything. R'reather loved to travel around and see new places whether it was ten miles away or a thousand, and she was always up for a road trip. She grieved over the fact that she could not climb Enchanted Rock after discovering it in 1999. She was afraid her bad knee wouldn't tolerate the extreme exercise but that didn't stop her from always wanting to go and see it again if she was in the area. She made many trips with her family, traveling around the United States but she was always happy to get back to Polk County.
R'Reather was predeceased by her parents, her husband; brothers; Louis Kelley, Jim Kelley, Lee Kelley, Addie Kelley and Jake Kelley; sisters, Jewel Kelley, Ivy Bell Kelley-Hickman and Dollie May Kelley-Kerr; sons-in-law, Manton Eddie Marsh Jr. and N. L. Smith; grand-son-in-law, Bill Thagard; great-grandsons, Ryan Roberts and Daniel Thagard.
Survivors include, daughter, Alma Hickman-Marsh of Crosby, Texas and her daughters, Nollene Marsh of Crosby, Texas; Peggy Marsh-Mooring of Porter, Texas; Virginia Marsh-Thagard of Crosby, Texas; Oleather Marsh of Houston, Texas and Martha Marsh-Roberts of Crosby, Texas; daughter; Eva Hickman Smith of Porter, Texas and her children, Dianne Smith-Mancuso of Huffman, Texas, David Smith and wife, Marie of Kingwood, Texas, Loueva Smith of Porter, Texas and Judy Smith-Gompher of California; 10 great-grandchildren and 11, soon to be 12 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her canine children, Chloe and Runt.
R'reather Kelley Hickman, 97, passed away at her home in Leggett, Texas on July 21, 2012. Graveside services will be held on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Pine Ridge Cemetery with Bro. Calobe Isaacs officiating.
R'reather was born on March 16, 1915 at Bluewater, Texas, the sixth child of ten, born to parents, John William and Willie Mack (Harrell) Kelley. She received her schooling at Camp Ruby and Soda where she grew up. R'reather was very proud to be a fourth generation Polk Countian. She was a human encyclopedia of genealogy facts about her family and the family of her husband. She had an amazing memory and could remember dates as well as who everyone married and the names of their children. While they were growing up, she kept her grandchildren entertained with stories of her childhood while they were shelling bushels of peas and silking corn on the back porch.
On July 11, 1931, she married Noll Hickman in the office of County Judge Will Tullos. She and Noll worked together, hand in hand, to build a good life for themselves and their two daughters. She was a homemaker, farmer, flower gardener and cowgirl. She was a wonderful cook, seamstress and quilter. Her grandchildren often referred to her as "Dr. MawMaw" because of her natural ability to cure what ailed you. She was a strong believer that Kerosene could cure just about anything. R'reather loved to travel around and see new places whether it was ten miles away or a thousand, and she was always up for a road trip. She grieved over the fact that she could not climb Enchanted Rock after discovering it in 1999. She was afraid her bad knee wouldn't tolerate the extreme exercise but that didn't stop her from always wanting to go and see it again if she was in the area. She made many trips with her family, traveling around the United States but she was always happy to get back to Polk County.
R'Reather was predeceased by her parents, her husband; brothers; Louis Kelley, Jim Kelley, Lee Kelley, Addie Kelley and Jake Kelley; sisters, Jewel Kelley, Ivy Bell Kelley-Hickman and Dollie May Kelley-Kerr; sons-in-law, Manton Eddie Marsh Jr. and N. L. Smith; grand-son-in-law, Bill Thagard; great-grandsons, Ryan Roberts and Daniel Thagard.
Survivors include, daughter, Alma Hickman-Marsh of Crosby, Texas and her daughters, Nollene Marsh of Crosby, Texas; Peggy Marsh-Mooring of Porter, Texas; Virginia Marsh-Thagard of Crosby, Texas; Oleather Marsh of Houston, Texas and Martha Marsh-Roberts of Crosby, Texas; daughter; Eva Hickman Smith of Porter, Texas and her children, Dianne Smith-Mancuso of Huffman, Texas, David Smith and wife, Marie of Kingwood, Texas, Loueva Smith of Porter, Texas and Judy Smith-Gompher of California; 10 great-grandchildren and 11, soon to be 12 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her canine children, Chloe and Runt.
