JOHN THOMAS HICKS 1908-1958

By Mary Owens Little on

November 21, 2022

Today John’s maternal grandfather, John Thomas Hicks, would’ve been 114. John is named after his grandfather that he never met.


21 NOV 1908 - Born in San Augustine, San Augustine, TX to William Edgar Hicks, age 33 and Bertha America Neyland Hicks, age 26. He was the fourth of ten children. Older siblings were Ella Faye, Mae Elizabeth and Richard Jewel.

 

1910 - Residence - San Augustine, San Augustine, TX.



14 AUG 1914 - Birth of brother, James Leon [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


15 OCT 1915 - Birth of brother, William Carl [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


12 APR 1918 - Birth of brother, Edgar Neyland [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


20 MAY 1918 - Death of brother, Edgar Neyland [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


14 MAR 1919 - Birth of brother, Robert Edgar [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


1920 - Residence - San Augustine, San Augustine, TX.



31 JUL 1922 - Birth of sister, Kathryn Maurie [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


28 DEC 1924 - Birth of sister, Sara Frances [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


7 SEP 1928 - Death of sister, Ella Faye, at the age of 26 [San Augustine, San Augustine, TX].


1930 - Residence - San Augustine, San Augustine, TX.



17 JAN 1932 - Married Alma Fae Bogan, when she was 21 and he was 23. [Wood County, TX].

Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965 - Film number 001632009

14 FEB 1938 - Birth of daughter, Betty “Jeanne” [Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX].


Worked for Bealls Department stores. J.T. is on the left with Mr. and Mrs. Beall.



Cherokee County Historical Commission (Tex.). Cherokee County History, book, 2001;Jacksonville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth354360/m1/156/?q=hicks:accessed November 1, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission.


12 SEP 1939 - The Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas).



1940 - Residence - Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX.



Home in 531 San Antonio, Jacksonville, TX


22 FEB 1941 - Birth of daughter, Joanne [Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX]. This is John’s mother.


627 El Paso St Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX.


1950 - Residence - Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX.




27 JAN 1958 - Passed away at the age of 49 from coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction in Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX. They had been married 26 years.


27 JAN 1958 - The Paris News -  27 Jan 1958 - Page 2


28 JAN 1958 - Tyler Morning Telegraph


John Hicks Dies In Jacksonville 

JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 27 (Spl) 

John T. Hicks, 49, vice president of the Beall Brothers Dry Goods Chain, died at his home here Monday. Funeral services will be held in the First Methodist Church Tuesday at 3 p.m. Burial will be under the direction of Gragard-Spraggins-Swofford Funeral Home. Hicks began his drygoods career as a salesman for the same firm in its San Augustine store in 1928. became manager there two years later, and was manager successively in Gilmer and Henderson before coming to the firm's general offices in Jacksonville in 1936 as a buyer. Since 1945, Hicks had been a vice-president director and director of merchandising. Hicks was a First Methodist Church member here and had been a steward of the church. Surviving are his widow's; daughters, Misses Jeanne Hicks and Joanne Hicks; parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Hicks, San Augustine; brothers, Dr. Jewel Hicks of San Augustine, Robert E. Hicks of Denver, Carl Hicks of Houston, Leon Hicks of Port Arthur; sisters. Mrs. Russell Weaver of Mason City, Iowa, and Mrs. Thera Dutchman of Orange.




Burial - Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee, TX.

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