Harold Hicks

Harold David Hicks, son of the late Joseph Edward and Edith C. Cowan Hicks, was born Feb. 6, 1950, in Granite City, Illinois, and departed this life Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 73 years.

Harold was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam. He was a former employee of Arvin Meritor in Dexter, Missouri, and a resident of Cape Girardeau. He enjoyed operating remote-controlled airplanes, playing music and singing, and he loved spending time with his friends and family, especially his nieces and nephews on the Fourth of July.

He is survived by three brothers, Eddie Hicks of Dexter, Mike Hicks and significant other Teresa of Fairmont, Minnesota, and Mark Hicks of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; two sisters, Phyllis Lemons and Freda Cox, both of Dexter; and several nieces and nephews.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Garry "Lenny" and Lawrence "Fred" Hicks, and by his sister, Darlene Busby.

Visitation will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Funeral service will then be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.