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Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home Chapel for Joseph Gerald Hickman, 75, of Greenville, who died Friday, March 1, at his home. Burial followed at St. Paul’s Methodist Church Cemetery. Steve Kopp and Rick Taylor officiated. Visitation was held from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4, at the funeral home.

Mr. Hickman was born Jan. 17, 1944. His parents, Gerald Nix Hickman and Marjorie Lee Hickman Hughes, and brother, John William Hickman, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Sandra Freeman Hickman; daughter, Dee (Jimmy) Blackmon; grandchildren, Nicholas (Lisa), Abby and LaraBeth Blackmon; great grandchildren Hunter Stokes and Liam Blackmon; sister, Elizabeth Kuykendall; nieces, Kathy, Stacie and Jennifer, and nephews, Dan and John.

The family will be accepting flowers or suggest memorials be made to the St. Paul’s Cemetery Fund.

Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home directed.