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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Thelma Hicks
Thelma
Hicks
Nov 28, 1928 — Jan 16, 2021
Thelma Hicks' Obituary
My
journey
began
on
N
ovember
28
,
19
28.
I
was
born
to
the
union
of
Ma
gnolia
Thom
as
Gates
and
Fl
anders
Gate
s,
(both
dec
eased)
in
Ya
zoo
City,
Mi
ss
issippi.
I
graduated
from
high
scho
ol
in
19
47
and
taught
scho
ol
for
1
year.
I
studied
and
interned
at
Baptist
Hospital
in
J
acks
on,
Mi
ssiss
ippi
whe
r
e
I
became
a
registered
nurse.
I
worked
at
Mich
ael
Reese
a
nd
C
ook
County
H
os
pitals
in
Chicago,
Illi
n
ois
,
until
my
retireme
nt
in
1
995.
On
my
journey,
I
met
and
married
the
late
B
obby
Hicks.
We
relocated
to
Chicago,
Illino
is
.
To
this
union
three
children
we
re
born:
Gwe
ndoly
n,
Deborah
and
Ro
bert
(no
w
deceased).
I
was
bless
ed
to
share
a
great
portion
of
my
j
ourney
with
my
siblings:
Floze
l
l
Gates
(dece
ased)
and
his
wife
,
Catherine;
Mildred
a
nd
her
husba
nd,
Geo
rge
Washi
ngton
(both
dec
eased);
Wileva
and
h
er
husba
nd,
Curtis
Jamerson
(both
deceased);
Matt
e
and
her
husba
nd,
Curtis
Cu
rrie
(both
deceased);
and
Lorraine
an
d
her
husba
nd,
James
Nalls,
S
r.
(deceased).
In
my
car
eer,
I
met
a
cla
ss
mate,
c
o
-
work
er
and
very
sp
ecia
l
lifel
ong
friend,
Norm
a
Harrell.
We
shared
many
great
me
mories
inclu
ding
family
cruises
with
my
daughters
and
their
hus
bands
.
In
19
75
,
I
became
a
dedicate
d
Witness
and
faithfully
served
Jehovah
until
the
very
end.
Aft
er
retireme
nt,
I
mov
ed
back
to
whe
re
it
all
began,
Yazoo
City,
to
he
lp
provide
c
are
for
my
moth
er,
and
to
s
p
end ti
me
w
ith
my
s
i
sters,
relatives
an
d
friends.
I
leave
to
r
emem
ber
my
journey,
my
daughters:
Gwe
ndol
yn
Joyce
an
d
her
husband,
Jack
Daniels;
Deborah
Elois
e
an
d
her
hus
band,
Jacob
Chinnapillai
(dece
ase
d);
granddaugh
ters:
Taw
an
na
and
A
lesa
Daniels
;
nie
ces
and
nephew
s:
George
Washi
ngton,
Jr.,
Ro
sl
yn
A
rmour,
Karen
Sutton,
Yolanda
Pope,
James
N
all
s,
Jr.,
Jerro
ld
N
all
s,
an
d
Wanda
McD
onald;
a
nd
many
special
cous
ins
an
d
other
wonderful
friend
s.
Let
there
b
e
no
tears
for
me;
"celebrate"
,
for
I
have
lived
for
this
day!
My
jour
ney
ended
on
January
16
,
2021
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