Hickman, Gabbert - Calcasieu Parish Louisiana Archives Obituaries..... File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancie Whitfield Dubard duwhit@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Lake Charles America Press Paper Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1991; Pg 2 Obituary: Gabbert Hickman GABBERT HICKMAN Funeral services for Gabbert Hickman, 73, will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, in Johnson Funeral Home. The Rev. Victor Sedinger will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens. Visitations will begin at 3:30 p.m. today, Sept. 4. Mr. Hickman died at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1991, at his residence. A lifelong resident of Lake Charles, he was a World War II veteran serving with the Navy Seabees in the South Pacific and Guadacanal. He was a member of American Legion W. B. Williamson Post 1 and Operating Engineers Local 407. In the 1930's, he played professional baseball in the Texas League and played semi-pro baseball for the Lake Charles baseball team. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Virgie Hickman; one daughter, Mrs. Judy Hickman Brewton; one brother, Archie E. Hickman, Jr.; his father, Archie E. Hickman Sr. all of Lake Charles; and two grandchildren.