Gene Hicks

Bridgeport~ Gene Hicks, went to be with our Lord on Friday, August 21, 2020 in Bridgeport.

Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 27, 2020 at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel in Bridgeport with burial in Minters Chapel Cemetery in Grapevine. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Rev. Brandon Blassingame will officiate. Pallbearers are Tony Kimbro, Cody Kimbro, Ross Hicks, Travis Hicks, Michael Benson, and Paul Roberts.

Carroll Gene Hicks was born April 25, 1946 to Marvin Carroll and Nell Jean Huffman Hicks in Fort Worth, Texas. He was united in marriage to Ruth Ann Birdsong on October 30, 1992 in Colleyville, Texas. Gene was retired from Kroger after working 33 years. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Cowboy Church. Gene was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Those left behind to cherish his memory are his wife of 27 years, Ruth Hicks; his son, Joe Hicks and wife Diana; his daughters, Shonda Thompson, and Charolett Schmerber; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Jay Hicks and wife Johanna and Jeff Hicks and wife Debbie; and his sisters, Joyce Kimbro and husband Tony, and Kay Stephens and husband Mike; numerous extended family members and a host of good friends.

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