Leo "Red" Hicks

1936 - 2007  (71 years)

• Name	Leo "Red" Hicks
  Birth	3 Jan 1936	Lived in Florence, Florence Co., SC
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Jan 2007	Florence Co., SC
  Person ID	I12489	forneyclark
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Thadeous "Thad" Hicks,   b. 28 May 1906   d. 4 Oct 1957 (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Eva Marie Reddick,   b. 2 Jan 1912, SC d. 4 Jul 1996, Florence Co., SC (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F4855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Yvonne Poston,   b. 15 Oct 1935, Pamplico, Florence Co., SC d. 17 Mar 2019, Florence, Florence Co., SC;bur:WoodsideCem,Pamplico,Florence Co., SC (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F4851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Donna Sutton Dawson-Hethington: Name: Leo "Red" Hicks Dates & places Source: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/leo-hicks-obituary?pid=86139909 Leo Hicks Florence, South Carolina Leo Hicks passed away in Florence, South Carolina. Funeral Home Services for Leo are being provided by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. The obituary was featured in Morning News on January 25, 2007. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4D3-GX5 View the original document. The original may contain more information than was indexed. Record Collection: United States Census, 1940 Document Information: Indexed Record A volunteer indexed this record for you.  Thad Hicks United States Census, 1940 Name: Thad Hicks  Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 • Edit Event Place: Cains Township, Florence, South Carolina, United States Last Place of Residence: Same Place Gender: Male Age: 31 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1909 Birthplace: South Carolina Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Thad Hicks Head Male 31 South Carolina Marie Hicks Wife Female 26 South Carolina Dottie Lou Hicks Daughter Female 8 South Carolina John Henry Hicks Son Male 6 South Carolina Frank Hicks Son Male 4 South Carolina Harry Lee Hicks Son Male 2 South Carolina Ollie Hutchison Lodger Male 65 South Carolina Source: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/florencenews/obituary.aspx?n=leo-hicks&pid=86139909&fhid=4459 PAMPLICO — Leo Red Hicks, 72, of Pamplico departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, at home with his family by his side. He passed away peacefully after a hard-fought battle with lung cancer. He now joins his heavenly Father. Red as he was called, was a devoted Christian and family man. He was born Jan. 3, 1936, to the late Thad Hicks and Marie Reddick Hicks in the Friendfield community of Florence County. Mr. Hicks was a member of Pamplico Pentecostal Holiness Church for 38 years, having served as deacon for 33 years. He was faithful to his church and his greatest desire was to see the new church built. In 1973 he founded Hicks Used Cars Inc. He served one term as councilman for the Town of Pamplico, was a member of American Legion Post No. 98, the Disabled American Veterans and had served in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by two infant sons, Leo Hicks Jr. and Ricky Glenn Hicks, and by a brother, John Henry Hicks. A loving and caring husband and father, (SURVIVORS OMITTED) In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Building Fund of Pamplico Pentecostal Holiness Church, P.O. Box 66, Pamplico, SC 29583. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, in Pamplico Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the sanctuary of Pamplico Pentecostal Holiness Church. To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published in Morning News on Jan. 25, 2007.