Mamie L. Hickson

Mamie L. Hick­son, age 81 of rural Marengo passed away Fri­day evening, Octo­ber 5, 2012 at Mor­row County Hospital.

She was born on Octo­ber 13, 1930 in Hunt­ing­ton, WV to the late Jack and Nel­lie (Slack) Ver­nett and was a life­long res­i­dent of Delaware and Mor­row Counties.

For 25 years she worked as an LPN with Morn­ing View Care Cen­ter in Ful­ton. A job she con­sid­ered her life call­ing. For­ever the care giver, she con­tin­ued prac­tice sharpen her skills into her 80’s. Kind, lov­ing, and spunky in her own way, she was the con­stant nurturer.

A woman of deep and abid­ing faith, she loved the Lord and was a mem­ber of Alum Creek Friends Evan­gel­i­cal Church and at one time the Stan­ton­town Advent Chris­t­ian Church. Mamie also par­tic­i­pated in Ven­tures Senior Cit­i­zen Group in Marengo as well as the Stan­ton Home Mis­sion. With a con­stant song in her heart she had won­der­ful voice and loved to sing. An avid NASCAR fan, she fol­lowed Jeff Gor­don, also the Ohio State Buck­eyes, and the Cincin­nati Reds. She enjoyed her cats, and trea­sured time spent with her grand­chil­dren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Her fam­ily put it best, she was awesome.

She is sur­vived by chil­dren: Patri­cia “Pat” (Dick) Clark and Robert Hick­son both of Card­ing­ton, Nancy (Larry) Rossiter of Marengo, Peggy (Howard) Slade of Card­ing­ton, Penny (Charles) Pen­ny­packer of Ash­ley, and step-daughter: Susie (Mike) Crotty, 11 Grand­chil­dren, 20 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren.

Pre­ceded in death by her beloved hus­band of almost 45 years: Rus­sell, who died in 1995, son Roger, step-son Michael, and sis­ters: Mary Henry and Jackie Cole.

Ser­vices are at Ben­nett, Brown, Rod­man & Sny­der Funeral Home in Ash­ley on Mon­day and bur­ial will fol­low in the Stan­ton­town Cemetery.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Hos­pice of Mor­row County, 228 South St., Mt. Gilead, Ohio 43338.

Posted by Rob Hamilton on Oct 8 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.