Obituary of Lela Faye Hickman, Boone County, Arkansas

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Harrison Daily Times 12/20/2006 online

Lela Faye Hickman, 80, of Harrison died Monday, Dec. 18 (2006) at North Arkansas
Regional Medical Center in Harrison.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Christeson Funeral Home
with Rev. Rick Brisco officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the funeral home.

Burial will be in White Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be J.D. Smith, Sam
Tinsley, G.B. Harp, Jack Holt, Tom Riggins and Bob Roe. Honorary pallbearers
include all members of law enforcement. Memorials may be made to Grubb Springs
Church building fund.

She was born March 6, 1927, at Denver and was raised by O.C. and Ida Hefner. She
was a member of the Grubb Springs Baptist Church and retired from Tyson’s after
32 years. Her hobbies included cooking, sewing, caring for grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, and painting. In the 1960s Faye lived in the Boone County
Jail where she cooked for the prisoners, was the first Boone County female
deputy and did civil process service for the county.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Gladys Miles; stepfather, Leonard
Miles; daughter, Jackie Sue Hickman Riggins; brothers, Cecil Hefner and Micky
Gene Miles; and a sister, Corine McGehee.

She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Danny and Mary Hickman and Doyle
R. “Barney” and Jan Hickman, all of Harrison; two brothers, Virgil Miles of
Omaha and David Miles of Harrison; five grandchildren; and nine great-
grandchildren.

Online condolences may be left at www.christesonfuneralhome.com


Christeson Funeral Home online

Lela Faye HickmanLela Faye Hickman
(March 6, 1927 - December 18, 2006)

Faye Hickman, age 79, of Harrison, died Monday, December 18, 2006, at the North
Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. She was born March 6, 1927, in
Denver, Arkansas. Faye was raised by O. C. and Ida Hefner. Mrs. Hickman was
preceded in death by her mother, Gladys Miles; her step-father, Leonard Miles;
her daughter, Jackie Sue (Hickman) Riggins; her brothers, Cecil Hefner and Micky
Gene Miles; and her sister, Corine McGehee.

Faye was a member of the Grubb Springs Baptist Church. In the 1960s, Faye lived
in the Boone County Jail where she cooked for the prisoners. She was the first
female deputy at the jail and did civil process service for the county. She
retired from Tyson’s after thirty two years. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, caring
for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and painting.

Lela Faye Hickman is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Danny and Mary
Hickman and Doyle R. “Barney” and Jan Hickman, all of the Harrison; her
brothers, Virgil Miles of Omaha, Arkansas and David Miles of Harrison; five
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and dear
friends throughout the community.

Funeral service was Thursday, December 21, 2006, at Christeson Funeral Home,
with Rev. Rick Brisco officiating.

Pallbearers were J. D. Smith, Sam Tinsley, G. B. Harp, Jack Holt, Tom Riggins
and Bob Roe. Honorary pallbearers were all law enforcement.

Interment was in White Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Grubb Springs Baptist Church Building Fund, 4884
Grubb Springs Road, Harrison, AR 72601.