Obituary of Delia Whittington HICKMAN, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois

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Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. 

Obit of Mrs. Robert E. Hickman

Dated in by hand in ink as Nov 27, 1948. Newspaper unknown.

Heart Attack is Fatal to Wife of Benton Attorney

Mrs. Robert E. Hickman, 73, of Benton, wife of Attorney R.E. Hickman and
mother of Joe Hickman, recently elected Franklin county state's attorney of
Benton, died at 12:35 am today following a heart attack at her home, 137
West Webster Street in Benton.

Mrs. Hickman was the former Delia Whittington, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson W. Whittington, Franklin county pioneers.  She was a member of
the First Baptist church in Benton.

In addition to her husband and son she is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
Howard Lewis and Mrs. Wm. Foulk of Benton; Miss Agness Hickman of Flora;
another son, Robert Z. Hickman, Danville; two sisters, Mrs. Roseana Dial,
Benton; Mrs. Alice Wallace, Marion; two brothers, George Whittington,
Washington state; Sylvester Whittington of Marion, and seven grandchildren.

Mr. and Mrs. Hickman, married in 1896, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary two years ago. The body is lying in state at the family home.
Funeral rites will be held at 2 o'clock next Monday afternoon at Freeman
funeral home in Benton with Rev. A.L. Lawson, the First Baptist Church
pastor in Benton, officiating.  Burial will be in the Masonic and Odd
Fellows cemetery in Benton.