Elder CLarence Edward Hicks

Clarence Edward Hicks, was born December 12, 1949 in Sweetwater, TN. He was one of six children born to Herbert Alfred “Bud” Hicks, Sr., and Margaret Kathleen Waters Hicks. He was a 1969 graduate of Sweetwater High School and a 1974 graduate of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN., where he majored in Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Safety. He married Elizabeth “Libby” Ann Garland on September 10, 1971. They have one son Brandon M. Hicks and one grandson: Mathias Ezekial Hicks, all of Sweetwater. Clarence taught at Sweetwater High School in the 1974-1975 school year. He served as the assistant Football Coach and Girl’s Basketball Coach. He actively participated in all sports during his life and played both High School and College Football. He was an avid hunter and bass fisherman. Clarence announced his call to preach and was ordained into the Gospel Ministry on September 26, 1986 as an Elder in the Primitive Baptist Church and continued to serve his Lord until his death on December 5, 2019. He served as the Pastor of Glazener Primitive Baptist Church in Decatur, GA., and Olney Primitive Baptist Church in Oak Park, GA. He was the constituting Pastor of the Sweetwater Primitive Baptist Church and Charter Member. He was preceded in death by his father: Herbert Alfred “Bud” Hicks, Sr., paternal grandparents: William Helton and Florence Emma Lemons Hicks, maternal grandparents: George Fulton and Margaret Osie Fulton Waters, several aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife of forty-eight years: Elizabeth “Libby” Hicks, his son Brandon M. Hicks, one grandson: Mathias Ezekial Hicks, his mother: Margaret Kathleen Hicks, three brothers: Herbert Alfred “Junior” Hicks, Jr., and wife: Wanda, Jimmie Hicks and wife: Connie, all of Sweetwater, Gary Hicks and wife: Debbie of Lenoir City, two sisters: Nancey Douglas and husband: Kenny of Cleveland, and Judy Matoy, of Sweetwater. He is also survived by a large group of nieces and nephews, and special friends that he called “brothers”: Elder Phillip Nichols, Jerry Forsythe, Tony Jackson, and David Durrence , of Georgia. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 9, 2019 at Kyker Funeral Homes, Sweetwater, from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with the funeral service to follow in Kyker’s Chapel with Elder Phillip Nichols officiating. Interment 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday in the Grandview Cemetery in Maryville, TN. Kyker Funeral Homes, Sweetwater, in charge of arrangements. www.kykerfuneralhomes.com

Elder CLarence Edward Hicks

December 12, 1949 - December 5, 2019