Phyllis Ann Barger Hicks

Phyllis Ann Barger Hicks, age 84, departed on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 after a period of declining health. She was the daughter of the late Robert Pierce Barger and Dollie Maude Ramsey Barger. Phyllis was born on a kitchen table on Tuesday, July 2, 1940 in the fellowship hall of St. Peters Lutheran Church in Conover, NC. She was the devoted wife for sixty years of the late James Eldon Hicks, Sr. whom she met at Lees-McRae College. She also was preceded in death by her daughter, Crystal Yolanda Hicks Dellinger.

Phyllis was an accountant by profession, learning the trade by working with her husband at The Accounting House in Conover. After Eldon’s retirement, she established Full Range Income Tax on Springs Road, Hickory. Phyllis served Catawba County as the Clerk of Superior Court from 1986-1990. When Phyllis was not crunching numbers, she was gardening or reading her favorite mystery novels.

Those left to cherish Phyllis’s memory is her brother, Bobby Charles Barger, of the home, Conover, NC; daughter Heather Liame Hicks Friday and husband Burke and their daughters, Canzada of Japan and Brianna of Taylorsville, NC; granddaughter, Precious Melody Gilbert and husband, Todd, and their children of Claremont, NC; grandson, Victor Justin Dellinger and wife, Christy, and their children of Claremont, NC; granddaughters, Jamie Elizabeth Hicks and Jannah M. Hicks; estranged adopted son of many years, James E. Hicks, Jr. and wife Sally of Conover, NC; as well as numerous nieces and nephews throughout, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio. Special thanks to Rene Showers-Culp, best friend and partner in caring for Mom during the last six months of life.

There will be no receiving and a private funeral will be held for close family and friends to attend.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Carolina Caring Hospice, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658 or Springs Road Baptist Church, 3580 Springs Road NE, Hickory, NC 28601

Condolences may be sent to the Hicks family at www.drumfh-conover.com

The Hicks family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover, NC.