This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MOSES, MILLER, HICKS, HULL, REESE, PALMER, PHILLIPS, RAGGO, MCCALLUM, BREAKFIELD, KENNEDY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4293 Message Board Post: Ruth Mae Hicks of Potosi, Missouri, formerly of Caledonia and Ironton, departed this life on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the Potosi Manor Nursing Home, having reached the age of 92 years, 10 months and 9 days. She was born April 26, 1913 in Viburnum, Missouri, a daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Dora Pearl (Moses) Miller. On August 12, 1932 she was united in marriage to Lyle Elmer Hicks in Caledonia, Missouri, and two daughters were born to this union. Ruth was preceded in death by her loving husband, Lyle Hicks, her parents, Thomas and Dora Miller, three sisters, Lula Hull, Zelma Reese and Jerene Palmer and by two brothers, Wesley and Harry Miller. Not only was Ruth a loving and devoted wife and mother, she also accepted Christ as her peronal Savior at the age of 13 in a little country schoolhouse. Ruth was a member of the First Baptist Church of Middlebrook, MO. Those who remain to mourn the passing of her life are two daughters, Margaret Phillips of Potosi and Hilda Raggo and her husband Kenny of Ironton, three grandchildren, Terry and Gary McCallum and Carmen Breakfield; six great-grandchildren; Tonya, Falisa, Lyle, Josh, Zachary and Kennedy; two great-great grandchildren, Tyler and Taylor; nieces; nephews and many other relatives and friends who will sadly miss her. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the Britton Chapel, Potosi, Missouri wtih Eld. Carl Gillam and Eld. Roy Lynn Brakefield officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Roger Breakfield, Josh Melton, Lyle McCallum, Jeremy Dennis, Tyson Beffa and Charles Miller. Interment and final prayers followed at Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, Caledonia, Missouri. All arrangements were entrusted to the care and direction of the Britton Funeral Home of Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, March 23, 2006