Marshel is preceded in death by his father, Marshel, Sr. and mother Katherine; sister Joyce; brother, Robert Michael Hickerson.
He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Barbara Ann Bradshaw Hickerson; sons, Ronnie (Katrina) and David (Diana) Hickerson; six grandchildren, Crystal Hickerson, T.C. McDowell, Jason (Brittany) and Heather (Shane Elder) Hickerson, Sara (Roger) Warrick and J.T. (Tabitha) Hickerson; eleven great-grandchildren, Emma Hickerson-Rhodes, Kaden, Cheyenne and Evelyn McDowell, Hunter Hickerson, William, Jr. and Aiden Elder, Alexis, Jazmin and Savanna Warrick and Elijah Hickerson; four nephews and two nieces.
Marshel proudly served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. and retired from Doan Pet Care.
Visitation will be held at four o’ clock in the afternoon until eight on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home.
A second visitation will be held at twelve o’ clock in the afternoon until two-thirty on Friday, May 15, 2015 with service to follow beginning at two-thirty at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home.