Biography of James Howard Hicky, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Son of Philip Hicky, Sr., James Hicky were together at the Forrest City Cotton
Oil Mill for thirteen years before the elder retired in 1949. James was born in
Eunice, La., and graduated from the Forrest City High School, attended Georgia
Tech and then received his B. S. Degree from Louisiana State University. in
1935. On Jan. 9, 1937, he married Miss Martha DuPuy Lindsey, daughter of R. H.
Lindsey and Mattie Pearl (Beazley) Lindsey of Marianna. To this union have been
born three children. He is a member of the Rotary Club, Country Club, and a
Director of the National Cottonseed Products Association. Some of the long time
employees of the mill are G. B. Rucks, cashier and office since 1922, and J. M.
Gilliam, seed buyer since 1924. Another well known figure at the mill from 1906
until his retirement in 1950 was A. A. French, who advanced from millwright to
General Superintendent.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas