Thomas County Georgia Cemeteries Hicks Family Cemetery Copyright (c) 2002 by Winnette Stinson gnw@rose.net ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ HICKS FAMILY CEMETERY Metcalf, Thomas Co., Georgia The Hicks Family were founders of Hicks Clothing Company in Downtown Thomasville, Georgia. It is owned & operated by the descendants today. Hicks, Ralph 1700’s DOD unknown Hicks, Elias h/o Elizabeth b.1840 June 27, 1879 CSA. Hicks, Elizabeth w/o Elias b.? 1881 no other date Hicks, John 1804 1881 Hicks, George F. Sr. h/o Julia Dec 26, 1868 Mar 18, 1952 Hicks, Julia Reynolds w/o Geo. Oct 20 1879 Jan 24, 1952 Hicks, George F. Jr. h/o Kate Aug 13, 1901 Jan 19, 1952 Hicks, Kate Caldwell w/o Geo. Nov. 28, 1903 Mar 31,1965 Hicks, Robert T. h/o Mary d Nov 20, 1957 CSA Co. E 29 Ga. Inf. Hicks, Mary C. w/o R. T. d 1901 aged 67 Hicks, Robert L. ? Nov 20, 1957 Hicks, Virginia Horne 1844 Feb 22, 1901 Davis, Lila Lee Hicks Nov 18, 1906 Sep 18, 2002 d/o George F. Hicks, Sr And Julia Reynolds Hicks Long, Missouri 1938 1918 Sparks, William dob unknown 1911 Varn, Arron B. Nov 25, 1896 Dec 22, 1965 Varn, Lucy Hicks Aug 3, 1903 April 27, 1969 Varn, Cecil aged 3 no dates William Jay "Bill" Hungate Sept. 7, 1923 Oct. 23, 2003 Husband of Charlotte Hicks Green, Juliette Smith Nov 5, 1924 Jan 18, 2004 d/o J.E. & Julia Hicks Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following submitted by Winnette Stinson May 2003 explains missing graves of two Hicks family members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomasville Times Enterprise Letters to the Editor May 1, 2003 Thomas County should be proud of its rich history I have, over time enjoyed books of Bailey White. Her father Robb White, also wrote memorably. Thomas County has been blessed with the beauty of nature and populated by exceptional people. I just visited our family cemetery in Metcalfe where many of my ancestors rest. Absent are graves of John David and Moses Hicks, two teenagers who died in the Civil War. One died in a Yankee prison camp. What I gain from study and research of my forebears is sheer inspiration. The same is true of all American history, especially Texas, where I have lived mostly since 1945. I also lived in many other places as an Air Force wife. I have read how pioneers to Texas left a trail of lark feathers and jack rabbit bones. My, they had to be good marksmen to hit one of those fast, huge jack rabbits. Once at the San Angelo, Texas, Air Base on a nature walk, a jack rabbit, tall as my waist, refused to move for a while and arrogantly just stared at me and my little children. Those pioneers who died were buried along the way, not even in a marked grave. The old cemeteries of Thomasville on Madison Street provide truly interest- ing sites of local history that can be read on gravestones. William Faulkner said, "Down South, the past isn't dead. It's not even passed." Well, Faulkner was right, and how glad we are and how enriched we are with the example and beauty left to us, preserved and enhanced byall our wonderful ancestors who had great stamina, ambition and courage. I salute the beloved parents and grandparents of all Thomas Countians of all generations. They deserve to never be forgotten. Katherine Hicks Blackson Thomasville High School Class of 1940