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DATE: Saturday, February 25, 1995            TAG: 9502250170
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                         LENGTH: Short :   15 lines

JAMES R. HICKS

James Rufus Hicks, 82, of the first block of Gateway Drive, died Feb. 23, 1995. A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Paul's Holiness Church. Crocker Funeral Home in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB