Jerry Hicks

Jerry Hicks, age 75, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Thursday evening, November 3, 2011. Mr. Hicks was born in Royalton, Illinois and was a son of the late Porter and Iva Pearl Snider Hicks. He rose to the rank of Private First Class during his service in the Army Reserves. Mr. Hicks was the former owner of Hicks Oil Company in Desoto, IL. After moving to Tennessee, he purchased Criggers Cleaners in Lewisburg, TN which he owned for ten years. Later he was employed with T.S. I. Corporation in Chapel Hill where he worked in the office and was in charge of auto sales. Mr. Hicks was very involved in the Chapel Hill Community having served as an alderman of the Town of Chapel Hill and presently, a member of the Chapel Hill Industrial Development Board. He was a very active member of Smyrna Baptist Church in Chapel Hill. He was one of the founding members of the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Lewisburg of which he served on their advisory board.

Mr. Hicks is survived by his wife, Mary McCool Hicks, Chapel Hill, TN; two daughters, Lesa (Alan) Hofmeyer, Kokomo, IN, Jana (Jeff) Cox, Sharpsville, IN; son, Jeffrey (Malisa) Hicks, Carmel, IN; stepsons, Tony Gentry, Chapel Hill, TN, Tracy (April) Gentry, Murfreesboro, TN, Marty (Gwen) Gentry, Chapel Hill, TN; twenty-one grandchildren; three great grandchildren.

Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Lawrence Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Monday, November 7, 2011 from the chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with Rev. Marcus Kelley, Rev. Jeff Walters and Don Correll officiating. Burial will follow in Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, Memorial Donations may be made to Smyrna Baptist Church, Missions Fund, P. O. Box 456, Chapel Hill, TN 37034.

LAWRENCE FUNERAL HOME

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