Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Hicks, Walter H., 1943 

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WALTER HOLT HICKS 

Chuckatuck Man Dies at Age of 60 

  Walter Holt Hicks, aged 60 years, died at his home in Chuckatuck yesterday 
evening at 7 o'clock after a long illness. 

  He was the son of the late William M. and Betty Richardson Hicks, of New 
Kent, Virginia. 

  Hicks was a former boat captain and was a merchant during the recent years 
of his life. 

  Surviving are three brothers, J.W. Hicks, of Chuckatuck, W. Andrews Hicks, 
of Richmond, and Harry Hendricks Hicks, of Eclipse, and one sister, Mrs. 
Beatrice Beasley, of Richmond. 

  The body was taken to the R.W. Baker and company funeral home.  Services 
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from Mount Zion Christian church. 
Burial will be in the church cemetery. 


Walter Holt HICKS, former waterman & merchant, 
b. 13 Oct 1879, Crittenden, d. 28 Dec 1943, Chuckatuck, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Mount Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, 30 Dec 1943, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 236, Wed., Dec. 29, 1943, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added to the Mount Zion list (Z-3), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 27639 (Chuckatuck #16) gives b. 7 Aug, d. age 61; single. 

Birthdate from WW-II draft card.  His WW-I draft card gives b. 13 Oct 1880. 

His parents, William Mountreville "Mount" & "Bettie" Elizabeth A. (RICHARDSON) 
   HICKS, are also buried there. 

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served in the James City 
   Artillery - Co. H (1st), 32nd VA Infantry, as Orderly Sergeant. 

His father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Aug. 20, 1914, p. 7) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h200m4ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Jan. 22, 1916, 
   p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h200b1ob.txt 


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