OBIT: Rev. John Roland HICKSON, 2005, Addison, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HICKSON, The Rev. John Roland  02/14/05  Daily American
  
  The Rev. John Roland Hickson, 89, Addison, went to be with our Lord, Feb. 11,
  2005, from Henry Clay Villa, Markleysburg, after a long illness. He was born
  Feb. 5, 1916, in Easton, Md., a son of Charles B. and Laura Agnes Hickson.
  Preceded in death by parents; first wife, Blanche Keller Hickson; two brothers
  and two sisters. Survived by his wife of 34 years, Mildred "Patty" Wilburn
  Hickson; son, Jay Hickson and his wife, Diana, Atlanta, Ga.; daughters, Bonnie
  Wilson and her husband, Terry, Dallas, Texas, Eileen Mehnert and her husband,
  Bob, Friendswood, Texas and Joan Jefferson and her husband, David, Broadkill
  Beach, Del.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister Catherine
  Schwaninger, Trappe, Md.; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
  great-nephews. Rev. Hickson served 43 years in the ministry. He retired from
  the Peninsula Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church, Dover
  District, White's Chapel Charge, Lewes, Del., in 1981. Previously he was a
  member of the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church,
  Connellsville District and served the Addison Charge for 17 years. He completed
  studies at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. and was ordained an
  Elder in the United Methodist church. After retiring to Addison, he served
  various churches in the area including Mill Run, Md., Listonburg and Silbaugh
  until 1991. His ministry began in 1933, with the Church of God, where he served
  for many years in several states and local churches. Charter member of the
  Markleysburg Volunteer Fire Department and past president of the Confluence
  Lions Club. Former member of the board of the Children's Aid Society of
  Somerset County, the Mountain Team Ministry and Yough Housing Inc., of
  Confluence. He was employed by United States Steel's Clairton Works, American
  General Life Insurance Company, Nemacolin Mines and various other companies
  during his early career. Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at
  the Humbert Funeral Home, Logan Place, Confluence. Friends will also be
  received from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, the hour of service, at the Addison United
  Methodist Church. The Rev. Timothy Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in
  Somerset County Memorial Park. Family suggests memorial contributions to a
  church or charity of the donor's choice