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Melba Faylene Hicks

Melba Faylene Hicks

Female 1930 - 2016  (85 years)

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  • Name Melba Faylene Hicks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 24 May 1930  Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1935  Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1940  Township No 4 Kings Mountain, Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1946  Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1950  Mars Hill, Madison, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1989  Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 21 January 2016  Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Obituary 27 Jan 2016 
    Melba Hicks Hemmings, 85, of Rural Hall passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016. She was born on May 24, 1930 in Kings Mountain, NC the daughter of the late Joseph Garson Hicks and Minnie War Hicks. Mrs. Hemmings graduated from Mars Hill and Carson-Newman Colleges and was a schoolteacher. She was involved with the Girls Scouts at Camp Shirley Rogers and was later the Director of Childcare Centers at two churches. Mrs. Hemmings was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Rural Hall, where she was on the Child Care Board, taught the Semper Fidelis Sunday School Class, WMU Director, sand in the choir and worked with the Vacation bible School. She retired as an administrative assistant at Wake Forest University Baptist medical Center with 30 years of services. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Perry W. Hemmings, a stepdaughter, Nancy Owens, six sisters, Nina H. Parks, Verna H. Pressley, Lillian H. Dwyer, Margretta H. Blanton, Rebecca H. Stewart and Shirley Adams and four brothers, John, Charles, Herbers and Bob. Mrs. Hemmings is survived by her two stepchildren, Lanny Hemmings of Texas and Althea Sine of Florida, 16 step-grandchildren and many step-great-grandchildren and a brother, Jack Hicks. Funeral services for Mrs. Hemmings will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 28, 2016, at Hayworth-Miller Chapel in Rural Hall with Rev. Lanny Hemmings officiating. Burial will follow in Crestview Memorial Park in Rural Hall. Mrs. Hemmings will lie-in-state from 1:00-2:00 prior to the service at the funeral home. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-mill.com (Hayworth-Miller Rural Hall Chapel). 
    Burial 28 Jan 2016  Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Residence 1983-2020  Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I232339732864  Doby
    Last Modified 19 May 2024 

    Father Joseph G Hicks,   b. Abt 1891, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Berless Hicks,   b. Abt 1894, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Perry William Hemmings,   b. 02 Aug 1915, Surry County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 2001, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage Jun 1967  Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S717051310] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S755574330] Ancestry.com, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Publication Date: 3/ Nov/ 2019; Publication Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; URL: https://www.hayworth-miller.com/notices/Melba-Hemmings.

    3. [S717051293] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02890; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 23-14.

    4. [S755574352] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    5. [S755574365] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    6. [S755574374] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Asheville Citizen-Times; Publication Date: 24/ Aug/ 1967; Publication Place: Asheville, North Carolina, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/195672956/?article=6f785a6d-8649-40eb-a8c7-9663bc991d9a&focus=0.38666517,0.023404738,0.62022465,0.5294202&xid.

    7. [S755653689] Ancestry.com, U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    8. [S755653696] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Kings Mountain High School; Year: 1946.

    9. [S755653698] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Mars Hill College; Year: 1950.



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