Sammie Albert Hicks

Funeral service for Sammie Albert Hicks will be held 1 PM Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Blanchard St. Denis Chapel with Rev. Ron Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery at Natchitoches, La. Visitation will be Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 11 AM until 1 PM in the funeral home. Mr. Hicks, 88, of Natchitoches, La., died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in his residence at Natchitoches, La. He was a native of Powhatan, La. He worked with the local ASC office for more than 30 years, dragging chains to measure acreage for the local farmers before getting a desk job. Many of today's farm generation may not know, or remember, or even heard of Sammie. He still had a great interest in farming and would admire the crops and enjoy seeing the farmers working the earth. He was mindful about natural resources and what they meant to future generations. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U. S. Army in France and Germany, earning a Purple Heart after getting wounded. Sammie was of the Baptist faith. He was a kind and generous man who loved his family and friends. Thank you, Sammie for being such a blessing in our lives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Dewit Hicks and Rena Hubbard Hicks; five sisters, Lurline Hicks Savill, Christine Hicks Walker, Argerine Hicks Scott, Ruby Dean Hicks Ainsworth, and Nadine Hicks Peek; two brothers, George Herbert Hicks, and James Carson Hicks; He is survived locally by one brother, Willie Dewitt Hicks of Natchitoches, La.; two nephews, W. Eugene Ainsworth and wife Janiece of Melrose, La. and Dennis Hicks and wife Pat of Natchitoches, La.; four nieces, Betty A. Gilcrease and husband James of Campti, La., Janet Ainsworth, Carol H. Hebert and Sherry H. Ballard of Natchitoches, La; other survivors include numerous nieces and nephews that live out of the Natchitoches, La. area. Pallbearers will be Bill Rathburn, John Rathburn, Mickey Gilcrease, James D. Gilcrease, Andy Wayne Airhart, and George Williams Honorary pallbearer will be all other nephews