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Don Hicks Obituary

Carry-All Transport of BartowWAHNETA -- Mr. Don Ray Hicks Jr. of Wahneta died of heart failure Friday (Nov. 21, 2003) at Winter Haven Hospital. He was 55.Born Sept. 11, 1948, in Winter Haven, he was a lifelong resident of this area. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a truck driver for Carry-All Transport of Bartow.Mr. Hicks is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Diane Hicks; sons, Don Ray Hicks III, Eagle Lake, Charles Mims and Bobby Ray Mims, both of Wahneta; daughters, Shelly Marshall and Paula Owens, both of Winter Haven; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Ray Hicks Sr., Winter Haven; sisters, Deborah Bryant, Winter Haven, Nancy Kinchen, Wahneta, Doris Ditty, Mayo, Carol Fisher, Bartow; and 15 grandchildren. Visitation will be this evening from 6 to 8 at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, Winter Haven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

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Published by The Ledger on Nov. 24, 2003.

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