Pfc. William Bige Hicks, Jr.
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He was son of Wm. B. Hicks, Sr.
and Effie Croft In Loving Memory of William B.
Hicks, Jr. Pfc.
William B. Hicks, Jr., was born August 16. 1922; died Dec. 26. 1943, being 21
years, four months and ten days old at the time of his death. He was in
the Army, stationed at Oh! Dear
brother, how we miss you; how we miss your shining face; but we’ll meet some
day over yonder where we’ll sing forever.
You were loyal to your country when you answered the call as a soldier
out in the world among strangers.
There you died for your country.
You are marching in the angels’ holy band, on the golden streets of
glory. When you came home on furlough,
just about three months ago, we were so proud to see our soldier boy brother;
but oh, how we hated to see him go back to camp. He would have been ready to go overseas in
only a short time. But God
in his mighty wisdom knows best, He said to W.B. “I need you,” and W.B.
answered, far away from father, mother, sister and brother; we could not be
by his bedside, but our good friends whom we knew not were telling him of Jesus and His
love. There upon his bed of sickness,
he took Jesus as his Savior and heaven as his eternal home. We miss
those cards and letters, but we’ve placed them away carefully with the
clothes he used to wear. Funeral
services were conducted at Over his
casket was placed the flag of our country, and over his grave a salute was
fired. The flag was presented to his
mother in honor of her son, and she will keep this flag with tender care as
long as she lives. W.B. is
now stationed in heaven, with his Savior and his loved ones gone before. Some day we hope to meet our sweet little
brother up there. A
sister, Mrs. Ike Raper Researcher and Designer |
