Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hicks, Johnnie A June 15, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  June 19, 2006
Johnnie A. Hicks 





    Johnnie A. Hicks, 82, 365 Pine Hill Road, Elizabethton, went home to be 

with his Lord and his wife Thursday, June 15, 2006, at his residence following 

an extended illness. 





    Mr. Hicks was a native of the Poga Community of Carter County and a former 

resident of Detroit, Mich. He was a son of the late Wheeler and Leona Presnell 

Hicks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Eula 

Potter Hicks, September 5, 2003, and two brothers, Orville Hicks and Martin 

Dewey Hicks. 





    Mr. Hicks was of the Baptist faith and was a retired industrial fireman 

who had worked for Cadillac Motor Car in Detroit, Mich., for 35 years. He was 

a U.S. Army-Air Corp veteran and served in World War II. 





    Survivors include two daughters and a special son-in-law, Kathy and 

Lawrence Sharkey, Franklin, Ind., and Lisa Hicks, of the home; four sons and a 

daughter-in-law, Bobby Hicks, Lincoln Park, Mich., Lonnie Hicks, of the home, 

Martin and Jackie Hicks, and David Hicks, all of Elizabethton; 14 

grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Callie Dugger, Detroit, 

Mich., and Bessie Moody, Mountain City; a brother, J.B. Vines, Livonia, Mich.; 

and a special aunt, Rana Trivett, Butler. 





    The funeral service for Mr. Hicks will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, June 

19, at Stone Mountain Baptist Church, Butler, with the Rev. Danny Cooke 

officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Cooke Family. Interment 

will follow in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 6 to 9 

p.m. Sunday, June 18, at Tetrick Funeral Home. Friends may also call at the 

residence at anytime. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and 

friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jonathan Bremer and the staff of 

Johnson City Medical Center Hospice. The family extends special thanks to 

Cathy Katras and Mark Stuart of Johnson City Medical Center Hospice for the 

loving care given to Mr. Hicks during his extended illness. Those who prefer 

memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the American Cancer 

Society, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences 

may be sent to the Hicks family through our Web site at 

www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements. 

Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.





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