Mary Ruth Hicks

ESSEX, Mo. — Mary Ruth Hicks, 84, of Essex passed from this life on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at her home.

The daughter of the late Cyrel Herbert George and Thelma Louise Williams was born on Oct. 8, 1938, in Stoddard County, Missouri. She was a member of the Beech Grove General Baptist Church in Bloomfield, Missouri. She loved to quilt, cross stitch and do embroidery work, cook meals for her family and planned and coordinated all the family holidays and reunions. She also enjoyed reading and especially solving crossword puzzles.

On Feb. 16, 1957, she was married to Ollie Clifford Hicks in Circle City, Missouri, remaining married until her passing.

She is survived by her husband of the home; two sons and four daughters, Garry (Evelyn) Hicks of Woodward, Oklahoma, Peggy Hicks of Dexter, Missouri, Terry Hicks of Piedmont, Missouri, Teresa (Mike) Lambert of Bloomfield, Kathy (Dane) Robinson of Lawrence, Kansas and Donna Hicks of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; 15 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren as well as a host of family and friends.

She was preceded in death her parents; several brothers and one sister; one son, Stevan Dale Hicks; and a loving Aunt Goldie Pry who had raised her from an early teen to adulthood.

Visitation will be held Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter, Missouri, where the funeral service will be at noon Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, with Brother Rick Roberts officiating.

Interment will follow at the Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri, with Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

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The family requests donations be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in her memory.