Atha Florence (Fox) Hickman

Born on January 24, 1935 at Victor, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maggie Fox.

Atha was a member of Gum Springs Baptist Church where she had been very active. She volunteered for many years at the Ansted Senior Citizen Center, she enjoyed cleaning houses, and cooking.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Wilson Hickman;, and her sons: Douglas Edward Hickman and Bobby Joe Hickman.

Left to cherish her memory are her grandsons: Nehemiah Joseph Hickman, Jeremiah Daniel Hickman, Savannah Hickman Gates, and Christopher Edward Hickman; and great-grandson: Dallas Joseph Hickman.

Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Monday, December 16, 2019 at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with Rev. Mack Canterbury officiating. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memory Gardens, Ansted.

The family will receive friends from 11 am to 1 pm at the funeral home.

For those wishing to express condolences to the Hickman family, you may do so by visiting our website at www.doddpaynehessfuneralhome.com.

Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home will be assisting the Hickman family.