PALLBEARERS
Family and Friends
FLORAL BEARERS
Family and Friends
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APPRECIATION
The family of Mary A. Hicks wishes to express their sincere appreciation for the calls, visits, prayers, and all other acts of kindness shown to them during the loss of their loved one. May God bless you and keep you in His tender care.
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Professional Services Entrusted to:
Oliver & Eggleston Funeral Home
12302 West Colonial Trial, Crewe, Virginia 23930 (434) 645-9292 * Fax (434)392-4022
“Service That’s Distinctive-But Not Expensive”
In Loving Memory
Of
MARY a. hICKS
Sunrise Sunset
February 12, 1923 September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
12:00 Noon
Union Baptist Church
Crewe, Virginia
Reverend Sarah Coleman, Pastor/Eulogist
Obituary
“To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven….”
A Time to Be Born: February 12, 1923 was a joyous blessed day when Mary Agnes Stokes-Hicks was born to the family of Roosevelt and Onnie Stokes. Mary was the second child and the only daughter of Roosevelt and Onnie
A Time to Grow: Mary attended school in Nottoway County. In 1942, Mary married William Hicks and to their union two children was born.
A Time to Serve:Mary accepted Christ as her savior early in life and was baptized and joined the Union Baptist Church.
A Time to Work: Mary was proudly employed as a cook at the YMCA in Crewe for some years. Her last job was at the Piedmont Geriatric Hospital, she worked in the Housekeeping Department for 30 years, “Mary” was a gentle and kind person she enjoyed being around people.
A Time to Die: On September 13, 2007, The Master looked down on Mary and saw that the road was getting rough and that the hills were getting harder for her to climb. He gently closed her weary eyes and whispered, “Peace Be Thine” her soul now rests with God, and the earth will soon claim its own. But someday we’ll meet again - shouting around The Master’s Throne. Preceded her in death was her husband: William Hicks; mother: Onnie; father: Roosevelt and two brothers: John Lewis and Royal Stokes.
A Time to Remember:Mary Agnes Stokes-Hick leaves her legacy of love and devotions to her children: William Hicks (Carrie) of Silver Spring, Maryland and Mildred Evans (Michael) of Farmville, Virginia; three grandchildren: Nathan Hicks, Edris Goings and Alex Mahan; five great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; three brother-in-laws and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mildred Rather the sister she never had, Mildred was her sister, she loved Mildred and Mildred loved her.
Love Lives On
Those we love are never really lost to us---
We feel them in so many special ways---
Through friends they always cared about
And dreams they left behind,
In beauty that they added to our days…
In words of wisdom we still carry with us
And memories that never will be gone…
Those we love
Are never really lost to us---
For everywhere their special love lives on.
Her Journey’s Just Begun
Don’t think of her as gone away
Her journey’s just begun,
Life holds so many facets
This earth is only one.
Just think of her as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years.
Think how much she must be wishing.
That we could know today
How nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of her as living
In hearts of those she touched
For nothing loved is ever lost
And she was loved so much.
Order of Service
Prelude…………………………………………..Soft Music
Processional…………………………...Minister and Family
Hymn…………………………………………………Choir
Scriptures…………………………………………..Minister
Old Testament
New Testament
Prayer of Comfort………………………………….Minister
Solo…………………………………………Diana Pritchett
Acknowledgements…………………………..Church Clerk
Obituary…………….Read Silently…………….Soft Music
Solo…………………………………………….Gloria Love
Eulogy…………………………...Reverend Sarah Coleman
Recessional...... Choir
Interment
Jackson Family Cemetery
Crewe, Virginia
Repast
The family will receive friends following interment in the AE Ransom Complex. Then the family will relocate to:
680 Dogwood Road
Burkeville, Virginia