Jerry Carlton Hicks, a cherished husband, father, brother, uncle and friend, unexpectedly left us on March 18, 2025. He was born on September 4, 1941, in Hartford, Alabama. He was the youngest of four siblings of Luther and Alma Capps Hicks.
Jerry, who also had a host of nicknames, spent his life in Hartford, Alabama, where he married the love of his life, Lynn Bradley Hicks. He served in the Army National Guard and worked in the textile and agricultural industries for forty years and attended Wesley Chapel Church his entire life. Jerry was known for his sense of humor and dry wit, love for all sports, frugality and “cautious driving.” Above all, he loved his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jerry had many life-long friends and loved to laugh and reminisce about their adventurous stories, which were a mix of being in a time loop and a history lesson. Jerry’s favorite time of the year was “pecan season.”
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Alma Hicks, sister Dot Brannon, brothers in law Charles Brannon and Robert Cannon, and father and mother-in-law Frank and Eula Maude Bradley.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Lynn Bradley Hicks; children, Carla Hicks Midyett (Ted), and James Mark Dillard (Gwenn); grandchildren Laine Dillard (Savannah), Macie Long (Brent), Carson Joyner, Annie Midyett and Ash Midyett; great-grandchildren Merritt and Jackson Long; brother Jimmy Hicks (Bonnie), sister Sue Cannon, sister and brother in law Leesa and Ernest Fleming; and several beloved nieces and nephews and life-long friends.
Funeral services will be held at 3pm Friday, March 21, at Wesley Chapel Church under the direction of Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1pm to 3pm prior to the service. The family requests that flowers be omitted and kindly requests that donations be made in Jerry’s name to Wesley Chapel Church Cemetery Fund or a charity of choice.
