Wise Co., TX., Obits: Maria Vivian Cox Hicks - 1937-2000
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               Maria Vivian Cox Hicks 1937-2000

Maria Vivian Cox Hicks, 62, of Justin, retired director of nursing at 
Decatur Community Hospital, died Feb. 17, 2000, at her home. 
Funeral is Sunday, February 20, at the Justin Church of Christ with 
burial in Justin Cemetery. Ministers Lonnio Davis and Roy Deaver will 
conduct the service.

Hicks was born May 28, 1937, in Decatur. She was a 1954 graduate of 
Northwest High School and a 1972 graduate of John Peter Smith School of
Nursing. She began her nursing career in 1972 at the old Darwin Hospital
in Decatur and was instrumental in the move to the new Decatur 
Community Hospital in 1974. She served as director of nursing, director
of surgery and assistant administrator for nursing services during a 
17-year career at the Decatur hospital. She retired in 1989.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Hicks of Decatur and four 
children, Jonna Whiteside, Penni Green, Lynda Tidwell and Dwayne L. 
Hicks. She is also survived by eleven grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, LaFlora Knox of 
Haslet.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons Eric Green, Caleb Tidwell, Adam 
Tidwell, Sean Whiteside, Kevin Whiteside, Michael Hicks and nephews 
Price, Travis and Brad Knox.
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