Obituary for Thomas Alvin Hicks, Jr.

Memorial services for Thomas Alvin Hicks, Jr., 84, of Brownfield will be at
2 p.m, Wednesday, June 27, at the Brownfield Church of Christ. Bob Reynolds, Derek McNamara and Marcelino Banda will be officiating.   Burial will be in Brownfield Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

Mr. Hicks passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007, at his home in Brownfield. He was born Sunday, Nov. 12, 1922, in Munday to Thomas Alvin and Bessie Darden Hicks.

His mother passed away when he was eight months old and he was raised by his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Pounds. He moved to Brownfield at eight months old and graduated in 1940 from Brownfield High School. He then attended Texas Tech University for two years before entering the service.

Tommy was a WWII Army Air Corp. Veteran, participating in the D-Day invasion of France. He was a farmer, rancher, and businessman.    He owned and operated Brownfield Seed & Delinting and Plainview Seed & Delinting for more than 50 years.

Mr. Hicks was a member of the American Legion, SPAG Municipal Water Board Member, former president and member of the Rotary Club and was a Paul Harris Fellow, Exec. Board Trustee for Lubbock Christian University.

He was also a former President of the Brownfield School Board, Board member of New Mexico Christian Children's Home, Treasurer for many years for the Terry County Historical Commission, President of Terry County Historical Museum Board, former Mayor of Brownfield, a Brownfield City Councilman, Board of Directors at First Bank of Brownfield and a member and Elder of Brownfield Church of Christ.

He is preceded in death by his parents and his aunt and uncle who raised him.

Mr. Hicks is survived by his wife of 64 years, Bobbie; a son, Thomas A.
Hicks III of Lubbock and a daughter, Linda Hardy and her husband Tommy of San Antonio.

He is also survived by three grandchildren---Nanci Weldon, Kimberly Andrews and Cynthia Rowan and six great grandchildren, J.T., Jordan and Jayci Weldon, Skylar, Audrey and Hunter Andrews.   And by two sisters---Nelda Van Dyke of Brenham and Bess Whitaker of Sunnyvale, Calif.

The family suggests memorials to the New Mexico Christian Children's Home, 1356 New Mexico 236, Portales NM, 88130; Lubbock Christian University, 5601 19th St., Lubbock, 79407; Joe Arrington Cancer Research, 4101 22nd Place, Lubbock, 79410 or Brownfield Church of Christ Building Fund, 502 Lubbock Road, Brownfield, 79316.

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