Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....HICKERSON, Johnie McCager January 25, 1929 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com November 9, 2018, 10:53 pm Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, January 30, 1929 OBITUARY, Page 4 MRS. WILLIAM HICKERSON AND SON -- A double funeral was held on Saturday, January 26, 1929 for Mrs. William HICKERSON and her 15-year-old son, which was conducted at the New Bethel Baptist Church. Mrs. HICKERSON before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth DOWELL, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack DOWELL of near Hardinsburg. She was near 38 years of age. Ill with pneumonia, and died at noon on Friday, January 25, 1929, just three hours before the death of her oldest son, John HICKERSON, who had been ill for two weeks. Mrs. HICKERSON had been ill 10 days. Mrs. HICKERSON is survived by: her parents her husband one daughter: Lucile HICKERSON five sons: William HICKERSON, Jr. Raymond HICKERSON Roy Lee HICKERSON James HICKERSON Curtis HICKERSON two sisters: Mrs. Kelly ROBBINS Mrs. William ADCOX one brother: Ernest DOWELL ALL OF BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY Mr. HICKERSON is quite ill of pneumonia, and is in the care of a trained nurse, as was the other members of the family. The funeral was conducted by the Reverend B. M. Winters, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hardinsburg. Mrs. HICKERSON was a member of the Methodist Church at Sample (in Breckinridge County). The burial was held in the Bethel Burying Ground, which is near the church. The relatives of Mr. HICKERSON who are residents of Illinois were expected to attend the funeral, but on account of illness in their homes, were unable to come. The HICKERSONS had a son who was drowned just a year ago while crossing a stream on horseback. Additional Comments: Breckinridge County Cemeteries, Volume one, published in 1991: #0259 New Bethel Cemetery, located 5 miles north of Hardinsburg, Ky on New Bethel--Stephensport Road, off of Ky 259. HICKERSON, Elizabeth DOWELL 04 Dec 1892 -- 25 Jan 1929 wife of William, Sr. HICKERSON, Johnie MCCager 28 Feb 1912 -- 25 Jan 1929 son of William & Elizabeth HICKERSON, Raymond 26 Feb 1915 -- 07 Feb 1928 son of William & Elizabeth HICKERSON, James Owen 11 May 1925 -- 21 Sep 1941 (James is also a son of William & Elizabeth. See his death certificate information I have posted to this Archives site.) I searched and searched for the death certificates for Elizabeth and her son, John on Ancestry. Their certificates must not have been filed by the doctor. I could not find them. Then I searched for William and his children, and they did not die in Kentucky. BUT, I did finally find them in Alton, East Alton, and Godfrey, Illinois; all towns are in Madison County. Edwardsville is the county seat. I know this because some of my OSBORNE family left Breckinridge County, and moved to Alton, Illinois as well. I did not find their daughter Lucile HICKERSON who was 20 years old and single on the Breckinridge County Census for 1930. I did not find the burial or a tombstone of father, William "Willie" HICKERSON, Sr., but I found this: Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 Willie HICKERSON born 19 July 1888 died Feb 1971 lived at Cottage Hills, Madison County, Illinois He got his social security card in Illinois (I found William listed as Willie in the 1930 census of Breckinridge County, Ky.) Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery & Mausoleum (all tombstones are flat) Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois Ancestry.com's database: Find-A-Grave.com Single flat bronze tombstone--photo HICKERSON, William, Jr. 16 Jan 1914 -- 25 Dec 1968 Single flat bronze Military Tombstone-photo HICKERSON, Percy 02 Oct 1920 -- 09 Apr 1967 Illinois PFC US Marine Corps World War II No tombstone photo provided HICKERSON, Daniel R. born 17 Dec 1953 in Alton, Illinois died in 1917 in Wentzville, St. Charles County, Missouri (I don't know who Daniel is) Double Flat bronze tombstone-photo HICKERSON, Guy F. 1928 -- 2011 Helen M. 1933 -- ____ Double flat bronze tombstone-photo HICKERSON, Roy Lee 11 Mar 1918 -- 23 Jan 1995 Catherine Helen VELTJES 24 Jan 1919 -- 01 Nov 2001 I also found the death certificates for 2 more children of William & Elizabeth DOWELL HICKERSON, which I have posted here on the Archives site as well. Henry & Raymond HICKERSON. Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/h/hickerso9000gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/