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Oscar Edward Hickerson

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Oscar Edward Hickerson

Birth
Death
23 Nov 1957 (aged 52)
Burial
Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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The News-Journal, November 28, 1957
Mr. Oscar Hickerson, 52, of the Acton community, died at Rosary Hospital here at 5:45 p.m. last Saturday, following a long illness. Born in Green County Sept. 1, 1905, he was the son of the late Sherman Hickerson and Mrs. Mary Jane Grinston Hickerson. He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Decie Sherell Hickerson, whom he married September 9, 1924; two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Shanklin, Mrs. Eyvone Mardis, both of Crestwood; two sons, Edward Hickerson, Route 1, Campbellsville, and Hollin Hickerson, Crestwood. A son, Damond Hickerson, died March 28, 1951. Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Mattie Pierce, Elizabethtown; two brothers, Henry Hickerson, Dayton, Ohio, and Jessie Hickerson of North Carolina. Funeral was at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and burial was in Brookside Cemetery. The Rev. D. L. Druien officiated with the assistance of the Rev. Gilbert Sapp.

The News-Journal, December 5, 1957
Pallbearers Listed For Hickerson Rites
The names of pallbearers for the funeral and burial of Oscar Hickerson, 52, who died Saturday, November 23, were not included in a story on his death last week due to lack of space. Regular pallbearers were: Ira England, Obey Rafferty, Malcum Mardis, Chester Benningfield, Roland McFall and Alvin Farmer. Honorary pallbearers were: J. B. Crawley, D. W. Crawley, Linie Bright, Tommie Richerson, Lloyd Mann, Ed Griffin, Robert Deener, Robert Stiles, Guy Davis and Carter Jarboe.

Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
HICKERSON, OSCAR; age 52; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 23 Nov 1957; Volume 051, Certificate 25144

Children:

Edward Hickerson 1925 to 1974, Aug 27, 1925 to Jul 22, 1974, buried in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens. Married Elmer Tungate.

Delmer Holland Hickerson, Jan 7, 1928 to May 18, 2013, died in Clark County, IN.

Damon Hickerson 1932 to 1951, buried here.

Bernice Shanklin, Feb 9, 1934 to Mar 5, 1991, died in St Petersburg, FL. Married to Robert Louis Shanklin. Her obit didn't say where she was buried. Osgood Cloud Funeral Home in Pinellas Park, FL in charge of arrangements. Robert Louis Shanklin died Feb 14, 2004 and is buried in Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens in Dewitt, Arkansas.

Evonne Margaret Mardis born 1942 of Prospect, Ky.
The News-Journal, November 28, 1957
Mr. Oscar Hickerson, 52, of the Acton community, died at Rosary Hospital here at 5:45 p.m. last Saturday, following a long illness. Born in Green County Sept. 1, 1905, he was the son of the late Sherman Hickerson and Mrs. Mary Jane Grinston Hickerson. He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Decie Sherell Hickerson, whom he married September 9, 1924; two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Shanklin, Mrs. Eyvone Mardis, both of Crestwood; two sons, Edward Hickerson, Route 1, Campbellsville, and Hollin Hickerson, Crestwood. A son, Damond Hickerson, died March 28, 1951. Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Mattie Pierce, Elizabethtown; two brothers, Henry Hickerson, Dayton, Ohio, and Jessie Hickerson of North Carolina. Funeral was at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and burial was in Brookside Cemetery. The Rev. D. L. Druien officiated with the assistance of the Rev. Gilbert Sapp.

The News-Journal, December 5, 1957
Pallbearers Listed For Hickerson Rites
The names of pallbearers for the funeral and burial of Oscar Hickerson, 52, who died Saturday, November 23, were not included in a story on his death last week due to lack of space. Regular pallbearers were: Ira England, Obey Rafferty, Malcum Mardis, Chester Benningfield, Roland McFall and Alvin Farmer. Honorary pallbearers were: J. B. Crawley, D. W. Crawley, Linie Bright, Tommie Richerson, Lloyd Mann, Ed Griffin, Robert Deener, Robert Stiles, Guy Davis and Carter Jarboe.

Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
HICKERSON, OSCAR; age 52; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 23 Nov 1957; Volume 051, Certificate 25144

Children:

Edward Hickerson 1925 to 1974, Aug 27, 1925 to Jul 22, 1974, buried in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens. Married Elmer Tungate.

Delmer Holland Hickerson, Jan 7, 1928 to May 18, 2013, died in Clark County, IN.

Damon Hickerson 1932 to 1951, buried here.

Bernice Shanklin, Feb 9, 1934 to Mar 5, 1991, died in St Petersburg, FL. Married to Robert Louis Shanklin. Her obit didn't say where she was buried. Osgood Cloud Funeral Home in Pinellas Park, FL in charge of arrangements. Robert Louis Shanklin died Feb 14, 2004 and is buried in Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens in Dewitt, Arkansas.

Evonne Margaret Mardis born 1942 of Prospect, Ky.


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