Obituaries:  Joshua Paige Hicks, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       H-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 8, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joshua Paige Hicks

  Funeral services for Joshua Paige Hicks were held Sunday, Nov.
5, at 3 p.m., in the Chapel at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home
of Natchitoches. The Rev. Lamar Joy, and the Rev. Jerry Penfield
officiated. Burial followed in the Fort Jesup Cemetery near Many.

  Serving as pallbearers were Roger Prewitt, Jimmy Haymon, Jon
Haymon, C. M. Avery Jr., Johnny Sullivan, Cal Qualls, Jeff
Rachal, and Bill Hurt.

  Joshua, 14, of Natchitoches, died at L.S.U. Medical Center in
Shreveport, Friday, Nov. 3.

  Josh, the son of Paul Hicks and Ruth Harris, was a member of the
Calvary Baptist Church of Many. He loved the out-of-doors, and
was an avid hunter, fisherman, and camper. He also loved golfing,
and was a faithful fan of the Dallas Cowboys. He was a student at
St. Mary's in Natchitoches.

  Survivors include his father, Paul Hicks of Sweetwater, Tex.;
his mother, Ruth Ann Haymon Harris of Natchitoches; one sister,
Brittni Nicole Nilson of Dallas, Tex.; five brothers, Payton
Harris, Jed Harris, and Jordan Harris, all of Natchitoches,
Zacharie Paul Scott, and Nathan Stuart of Abilene, Tex.; a
paternal grandfather, B. S. Hicks of Sulphur; paternal
grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Avery of Sandersville,
Georgia; paternal great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Q. Dew of
Many; and maternal grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Haymon
of Robeline.