Essie Wicker

Essie Mae Wicker SEMINOLE- Funeral services for Essie Mae Wicker, 96, of Seminole will be conducted Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Ed Wegele assisted by Rev. Ned Nugent. Interment will follow in the Gaines County Memorial Cemetery with services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole. Mrs. Wicker passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012 in Seminole. Mrs. Wicker was born May 31, 1916 in Lockney, Texas to Travis E. and Stacie Catherine Hamilton. Essie and W.M. Dub Wicker married November 19, 1936 in Lockney, Texas. They moved to Seminole in 1955, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and a member of the Porcelain Arts Club. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1985. Mrs. Wicker is survived by two sons, Wayne Wicker and wife Glenda of San Antonio and Bob Wicker and wife Jeanie of Seminole; three grandsons, Cody Wicker and wife Melissa, Chip Wicker and Jeff Wicker; one granddaughter, Stacy Wicker; one step-grandson, Spencer Hammerlind; and numerous great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mark Beaty, Gerome Black, Daryl Koedyker, Dennis Haralson, Matt Jenkins and Don Owens. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested that you make donations to the activity fund at Seminole Memorial Health Care Center in memory of Mrs. Wicker.