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Submitted: 6/20/22 • Approved: 6/23/22 • Last Updated: 6/26/22 • R520644-G0-S3
US Navy
World War II
September 21, 1918-December 25, 2000
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Clifford Elmo Hicks, 82, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with Dr. G.A. Roach, director of chaplain services at Northwest Texas Healthcare System, officiating.
Mr. Hicks was born in Hereford and had lived in Amarillo for more than 50 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
He formerly owned and operated Elmo's Drive In and later was a machinist for Amarillo Hydraulic.
Mr. Hicks was a Methodist and a member of the Hereford Masonic Lodge No. 81 and the Khiva Temple.
He married Ethel Passmore in 1980 at Amarillo.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Chantell Hicks and Kimberley Stevens, both of Amarillo; two sisters, Ida Belle Hawkins of Plainview and Mary Beth Smits of Soap Lake, Wash.; two brothers, Don Hicks and Bob Hicks, both of Hereford; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The body will not be available for viewing.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, Dec. 29, 2000)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Clifford Hicks
Date of Birth: 21 Sep 1918
Birth County: Deaf Smith
Certificate Number: 45838
Roll Number: 1918_0006
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Clifford Elmo Hicks
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1918
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: C M Hicks
Father Birth Place: Ohio
Mother: Elizabeth Montague
Mother Birth Place: Iowa
Mother Residence: Hereford Deaf Smith, Texas
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Clifford Elmo Hicks
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1918
Birth Place: Hereford, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 24 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Employer: W W Hill Construction Company
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Elizabeth Hicks
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Clifford Elmo Hicks Self (Head)
Elizabeth Hicks Mother
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Clifford E Hicks
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1919
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1984
Marriage Place: Armstrong, Texas, USA
Spouse: Ethel M Passmore
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 41
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Clifford Elmo Hicks
Death Date: 24 Dec 2000
Death County: Potter
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Clifford Elmo Hicks
[Clifford E Hicks]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1918
Birth Place: Hereford Dea, Texas
Death Date: 1 Dec 2000
Father: Clifford M Hicks
Mother: Elizabeth Montagne
Notes: Dec 1936: Name listed as CLIFFORD ELMO HICKS; 03 Jan 2001: Name listed as CLIFFORD E HICKS
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