November 15, 1998

ILA ETHILDA HICKEY

WYATT -- Ila Ethilda Hickey, 89, formerly of Wyatt, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 10, 1909, at Dover, Ark., daughter of John Ruff and Auddie Laffoon Harwell. She had lived in Wyatt since 1939 and had attended Wyatt Baptist Church...

WYATT -- Ila Ethilda Hickey, 89, formerly of Wyatt, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at the East Prairie Nursing Center.

She was born Nov. 10, 1909, at Dover, Ark., daughter of John Ruff and Auddie Laffoon Harwell.

She had lived in Wyatt since 1939 and had attended Wyatt Baptist Church.

She married David Clinton Hickey on May 10, 1925. He died Aug. 14, 1988.

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Survivors include five daughters, Roberta Davidson of Charleston Route 3, Allene Sevic of Wyatt, Glenna Linebaugh of Highland, Ind., Donna Pemberton of Farmington and Jane DeField of Plainfield, Ind.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, a sister and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

The Rev. Tom Bridges will officiate. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery.

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