Mary Eunice Hicks

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eunice Hicks, 66, who passed away Aug. 16, 2008 after a long illness, will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at Reed Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery in Carrier Mills. Her family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at Reed Funeral Chapel.

Mrs. Hicks was a native of South Carolina and an Alabama resident since 1998. She lived and loved for her family, her church and God. She loved her dogs and to watch and listen to the birds.

She is preceded in death by her father, O.B. Matthews; son, Robert W. Larson; brothers, Jack Matthews and Danny Lee; grandson, Rick M.S. Hallock; and stepfather, Lester Lee.

Mrs. Hicks is survived by her husband of 30 years, Verlon C. Hicks; mother, Dorothy W. Lee; children, Lorran (Rhoda) Hallock, Charise (Richard) Hickman, Donna (Robert) Wymer, Rick (Sonja) Hallock, Patricia (Mark) Colegrove, Phil (Pam) Hicks, Terry Hicks and Chris (Sherry) Hicks; brother, James L. Matthews; sister-in-law, Debbie Matthews; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Personal condolences can be sent to the Internet site www.millerfuneralhomeoxford.com.