Deceased Name: JOSEPH B. HICKS III
Progress-Index, The (Petersburg, VA) - September 1, 2005
Section: Obituaries
Joseph Baskerville Hicks III, went to be with his God on August 30, 2005. Joe had suffered a stroke in late January and had been in the Waverly Health Care Center since that time. Joe was preceded in death by his father, Joseph B. Hicks Jr., his grandmothers, Lula W. Moore and Susie Wheelhouse, and his grandfathers, John D. Moore and Joseph B. Hicks Sr.
He left behind to join him later his wife of 39 years, Sandra E. Hicks ; his mother, Maggie M. Hicks ; his brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Sr. (Becky); his adopted brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Jr. (Ashley); three nieces, Amy N. Hicks , Jennifer R. Jordaans (Darrell) and Vicki Lynn Hartless (Robbie); a nephew, James B. Hicks ; other great-nieces and nephews; and a very special adopted daugher, Terri McFarland, and her three daughters, Tiffani and Christina McFarland and Mariah King.
Joe joined the US Navy immediately from high school for a three-year enlistment. He then went to work at Allied Chemical in Chesterfield and left Allied Chemical to work at Sowers Marine years later. Joe then decided his beloved James River was calling him. He worked as a commercial waterman setting gill nets, catfish pots, crab pots and doing whatever else would keep him on his James River.
He loved his dogs and deer hunting and looked forward to hunting season each November with the Cemetery Ridge Hunt Club. Joe served on numerous committees with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in Newport News helping to review and create policies he felt were neded to keep the resources in good repair for everyone who wantd to use them. Joe assisted in establishing the local Ducks Unlimited Chapter. Joe also worked with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries gathering Shad eggs trying to re-establish the American Shad in our rivers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Wayne Henry, pastor of Charity Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity. Condolences may be registered with www.jtmorriss.com
Progress-Index, The (Petersburg, VA) - September 1, 2005
Section: Obituaries
Joseph Baskerville Hicks III, went to be with his God on August 30, 2005. Joe had suffered a stroke in late January and had been in the Waverly Health Care Center since that time. Joe was preceded in death by his father, Joseph B. Hicks Jr., his grandmothers, Lula W. Moore and Susie Wheelhouse, and his grandfathers, John D. Moore and Joseph B. Hicks Sr.
He left behind to join him later his wife of 39 years, Sandra E. Hicks ; his mother, Maggie M. Hicks ; his brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Sr. (Becky); his adopted brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Jr. (Ashley); three nieces, Amy N. Hicks , Jennifer R. Jordaans (Darrell) and Vicki Lynn Hartless (Robbie); a nephew, James B. Hicks ; other great-nieces and nephews; and a very special adopted daugher, Terri McFarland, and her three daughters, Tiffani and Christina McFarland and Mariah King.
Joe joined the US Navy immediately from high school for a three-year enlistment. He then went to work at Allied Chemical in Chesterfield and left Allied Chemical to work at Sowers Marine years later. Joe then decided his beloved James River was calling him. He worked as a commercial waterman setting gill nets, catfish pots, crab pots and doing whatever else would keep him on his James River.
He loved his dogs and deer hunting and looked forward to hunting season each November with the Cemetery Ridge Hunt Club. Joe served on numerous committees with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in Newport News helping to review and create policies he felt were neded to keep the resources in good repair for everyone who wantd to use them. Joe assisted in establishing the local Ducks Unlimited Chapter. Joe also worked with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries gathering Shad eggs trying to re-establish the American Shad in our rivers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Wayne Henry, pastor of Charity Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity. Condolences may be registered with www.jtmorriss.com
Deceased Name: JOSEPH B. HICKS III
Progress-Index, The (Petersburg, VA) - September 1, 2005
Section: Obituaries
Joseph Baskerville Hicks III, went to be with his God on August 30, 2005. Joe had suffered a stroke in late January and had been in the Waverly Health Care Center since that time. Joe was preceded in death by his father, Joseph B. Hicks Jr., his grandmothers, Lula W. Moore and Susie Wheelhouse, and his grandfathers, John D. Moore and Joseph B. Hicks Sr.
He left behind to join him later his wife of 39 years, Sandra E. Hicks ; his mother, Maggie M. Hicks ; his brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Sr. (Becky); his adopted brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Jr. (Ashley); three nieces, Amy N. Hicks , Jennifer R. Jordaans (Darrell) and Vicki Lynn Hartless (Robbie); a nephew, James B. Hicks ; other great-nieces and nephews; and a very special adopted daugher, Terri McFarland, and her three daughters, Tiffani and Christina McFarland and Mariah King.
Joe joined the US Navy immediately from high school for a three-year enlistment. He then went to work at Allied Chemical in Chesterfield and left Allied Chemical to work at Sowers Marine years later. Joe then decided his beloved James River was calling him. He worked as a commercial waterman setting gill nets, catfish pots, crab pots and doing whatever else would keep him on his James River.
He loved his dogs and deer hunting and looked forward to hunting season each November with the Cemetery Ridge Hunt Club. Joe served on numerous committees with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in Newport News helping to review and create policies he felt were neded to keep the resources in good repair for everyone who wantd to use them. Joe assisted in establishing the local Ducks Unlimited Chapter. Joe also worked with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries gathering Shad eggs trying to re-establish the American Shad in our rivers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Wayne Henry, pastor of Charity Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity. Condolences may be registered with www.jtmorriss.com
Progress-Index, The (Petersburg, VA) - September 1, 2005
Section: Obituaries
Joseph Baskerville Hicks III, went to be with his God on August 30, 2005. Joe had suffered a stroke in late January and had been in the Waverly Health Care Center since that time. Joe was preceded in death by his father, Joseph B. Hicks Jr., his grandmothers, Lula W. Moore and Susie Wheelhouse, and his grandfathers, John D. Moore and Joseph B. Hicks Sr.
He left behind to join him later his wife of 39 years, Sandra E. Hicks ; his mother, Maggie M. Hicks ; his brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Sr. (Becky); his adopted brother, Samuel Randolph Hicks Jr. (Ashley); three nieces, Amy N. Hicks , Jennifer R. Jordaans (Darrell) and Vicki Lynn Hartless (Robbie); a nephew, James B. Hicks ; other great-nieces and nephews; and a very special adopted daugher, Terri McFarland, and her three daughters, Tiffani and Christina McFarland and Mariah King.
Joe joined the US Navy immediately from high school for a three-year enlistment. He then went to work at Allied Chemical in Chesterfield and left Allied Chemical to work at Sowers Marine years later. Joe then decided his beloved James River was calling him. He worked as a commercial waterman setting gill nets, catfish pots, crab pots and doing whatever else would keep him on his James River.
He loved his dogs and deer hunting and looked forward to hunting season each November with the Cemetery Ridge Hunt Club. Joe served on numerous committees with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in Newport News helping to review and create policies he felt were neded to keep the resources in good repair for everyone who wantd to use them. Joe assisted in establishing the local Ducks Unlimited Chapter. Joe also worked with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries gathering Shad eggs trying to re-establish the American Shad in our rivers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Wayne Henry, pastor of Charity Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity. Condolences may be registered with www.jtmorriss.com
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