The Kentucky Standard, Wednesday, 9/06/2006.
JAMES H. "HARRY" HICKS, 86, Bardstown, formerly of New Haven, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at Jewish Hospital, Louisville. He was born in Louisville, and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, in which he was a POW and received the Purple Heart, American Theater Ribbon, EAME Theater Ribbon with two bronze stars, Good Conduct Medal and Victory Medal. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, Howardstown, and the VFW. He was a retired New Haven postmaster with 25 years of service and a farmer. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Thomas; a grandson; his parents, Mont Edward and Edna Elizabeth Watson Hicks; a sister, Elizabeth Werner; and a brother, John Joseph Hicks. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Mary Boone Hicks, Bardstown; six daughters, Barbara Hall, New Haven; Annette Kute, Bardstown; Sylvia Head, Simpsonville; Larene Hughes, Crestwood; Mary Jane Reece, Cox's Creek; and Joyce Gardner, Louisville; two sons, Joe Hicks, Bardstown; and James Hicks, Ashland City, Tenn; 19 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Hicks, Glendale, WVa; and Fred Hicks, Florence; and a sister, Madeleine Bianco, Tucson, Ariz. The funeral was 11 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine Catholic Church with burial in St. Catherine Church Cemetery. The Rev. Jeffrey Leger officiated. Full military honors were provided by the U.S. Army. Pallbearers were Jeff Hicks, Timmy Shanks, Brian Hughes, Rob Head, Matthew Hall, Ryan Kute, Tyler Kute and Joe Hardin Werner. Honorary pallbearers were Tom Bullock Jr., Pike Conway, Paul Vittitow, Harold Vittitow, Irvin Vittitow, Errol Johnson, John Newcombe, Joe Fred Bowling, Dennis Bowling, Michael Bowling, Patrick Bowling, Bobby Hicks and Jerry Werner. Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)