NAME: JOE DAN HICKS, AGE 80, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 6, 1926 AT CANEY, OK TO MIKE and LILLIE MAE FRANCIS (BLANCHARD) HICKS.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, ok.

AGE: 80 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS

EDUCATION: JOE ATTENDED WEST ALLISON SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

MARRIED: KATHAMAE HAMLIN AT ATOKA, OK.

ANNIE KIMBRELL IN TEXAS.

OCCUPATION: JOE WAS A LONGTIME CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE ATOKA CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN.

survived by

CHILDREN: JAMES HICKS AND WIFE PAULA OF BENNINGTON, OK.

DANIEL HICKS OF BENNINGTON, OK.

JOHN HICKS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SHIRLEY HICKS OF DENVER, CO.

BARBARA BILLINGSLEY and HUSBAND TIM OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

WANDA WALKER AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF SHIDLER, OK.

NOMA CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND GRANVILLE OF ATOKA, OK.

JERRY KIMBRELL AND WIFE CLARA OF MUSKOGEE, OK.

STEPBROTHER: JAMES EARL BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK.

19 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

NUMEROUS STEP GRANDchildren AND step GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: MIKE AND LILLIE HICKS.

WIVES: KATHAMAE HICKS.

ANNIE HICKS on december 22, 1994.

SON: MIKE HICKS.

DAUGHTER: EDNA MARIE HICKS.

BROTHER: JAMES ISHMAEL HICKS AND BUDDY CHARLES HICKS.

SISTER: MINNIE LEE CAMPBELL.

A GRANDSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.

place of SERVICES: graveside.

interment: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ Atoka, ok.

OFFICIATING: MARVIN HENDERSON.

CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY CAMPBELL, TOMMY CAMPBELL, J.R. RADACHICK, MARK GRAHAM, CARL WALKER, CLIFFORD BAYLES.

FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 7 PM