Mabel Hicks

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

ST. LOUIS -- Mabel Hicks, 91, died Aug. 11, 2008, at her home.

Born June 24, 1917, in Lilbourn, to the late Charlie and Mary Dunn, she and her husband had owned and operated Hicks Grocery Store at Howardville.

In 1937, she married David Hicks who died in April 1980.

Survivors include: one son, Chuck Hicks of St. Louis; one sister, Maxine Wilcox of Howell, Mich.; one nephew, Craig Wilcox of Livonia, Mich.; and one niece, Francis Leonard of Lilbourn.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston where services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday. Dodie Townsend, pastor of the Church of God in Lilbourn, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn.