Obit of Hicks, Robert James "Bob" (h200) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 14 Jul 2004 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Chapel Hill Cemetery--OKC OK The Chickasha Express-Star 8 July 2004 FORMER CHICKASHA POLICE CHIEF DIES A former Chickasha Chief of Police has died. Robert James "Bob" Hicks served as the Chickasha Police Department's chief twice - from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1996 to 2001. He died Wednesday, July 7, at a hospital in Dennison, Texas, at the age of 62. Hicks was born in Beardstown, Ill., on Sept. 16, 1941, to the late James and Lena Hicks. Upon the death of his parents, the young Hicks came to Rush Springs to live with his aunt and uncle, the now late Sylvia and Roy Briley, who reared him. He served in the U.S. Army, and then went to work for the Oklahoma City Police Department. After retiring from that department in 1983, he served as chief for the El Reno and Chickasha departments. Hicks was director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation from 1989 to 1995. In 1989, he married Judy Dunham in Oklahoma City. Following his retirement from Chickasha in 2001, he moved to Kingston, and has been the Madill Chief of Police for the past year and a half. Hicks is survived by his wife, Judy, of the home in Kingston, along with two stepdaughters, Julie Davis, of Kingston, and Shelley Bailey and her husband, David, of Edmond. He is also survived by a brother, Jack Hicks, a half-brother, Raymond Lambert, and a half-sister, Linda Warren. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. in Saturday, July 10, at Guardian West Funeral Home in Oklahoma City. Burial will take place in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City. Arrangements are under the direction of Watts Funeral Home of Madill. =========== The Chickasha Express-Star 9 July 2004 ROBERT JAMES (BOB) HICKS Robert James (Bob) Hicks, 62, of Kingston, Oklahoma, died on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at the hospital in Dennison, Texas. He was born September 16, 1941, in Beardstown, Illinois, to the late James and Lena Gladwell Hicks. Bob was reared in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, and later served in the United States Army before moving to Oklahoma City. Bob served in law enforcement his entire life and on January 1983 he retired from Oklahoma City police department as a captain; he served as Chief of Police in El Reno and Chickasha from 1984 to 1989. From 1989 to 1995 he served as the director of the OSBI, then moved back to Chickasha, serving as chief in 1996. In 2001 Bob moved to Kingston and has served as chief of police in Madill for the last year and a half. He attended the New Beginnings Church in Madill. He is survived by his wife, Judy Hicks, Kingston, OK; two stepdaughters, Julie Davis, Kingston, OK, and Shelley and David Bailey, Edmond, OK; brother, Jack Hicks, Metropolis, IL; half-brother, Raymond Lambert, Monmouth, IL; half-sister, Linda Warren, Stanwood, IA. Bob was raised by his aunt and uncle, Sylvia and Roy Briley of Rush Springs, Oklahoma, and they both preceded him in death. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2004, at the Guardian West Funeral Home, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Interment will be in the Chapel Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Services under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html