Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 12, 1993 TAG: 9305120324
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LEBANON, LENGTH: Short
OBIT HICKS, MALISSIA KATE ALEXANDER
HICKS, Malissia Kate Alexander, 90, of Lebanon, died Sunday, May 9, 1993,
in Bristol Regional Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Lebanon, she was a
member of the Lebanon Community Fellowship and the Lebanon Chapel A.M.E. Zion
Church. She was a member of the Lebanon Senior Citizens Group. Survivors
include her husband, Earnest I. Hicks, Lebanon; three daughters, Hazel S.
Hicks and Ernestine C. Hicks, both of Alexandria, Brenda S. Hicks, Lumberton,
N.J.; two sons, Alexander L. Hicks, Washington, D.C. and Donald W. Hicks,
Forest; three sisters, Mrs. Cosby Gravely and Mrs. Lucille Brown, both of
Roanoke, Mrs. Sadie Coleman, Norton; five brothers, Frank Alexander, Burkley,
Calif., Thomas Alexander, Plainfield, N.J., Eugene Alexander, Indianapolis,
Ind., James Alexander, Lebanon, and Samuel Alexander, Oakland, Calif.; one
daughter-in-law, Gwendolyn Hicks, Forest; two grandchildren, Keely and Leland
Hicks, Forest. Funeral services for Mrs. Malissia Kate Alexander Hicks, will
be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lebanon Memorial United Methodist
Church with Rev. Jeff Williams and Presiding Elder, J.P. Keaton officiating.
Entombment will follow in Ketron Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Pallbearers will
be Alexander and Hicks nephews and great-nephews. The family will receive
friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Russell County Funeral Home in Lebanon.
Russell County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
by CNB