Percy J. Hickerman

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Alton Evening Telegraph 10 Apr 1967

HICKERSON
Percy Hickerson, 46, a clerk in the route department of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., for
26 years, died of Hodgkin's disease Sunday at 6:45 p.m. in St. Joseph's Hospital where he
had been a patient since Feb. 3.
Mr. Hickerson, who lived at 3 Hickerson Place, had worked until the day before he entered
the hospital.
A native of Kentucky, he was born Oct. 2, 1920, a son of Willie Hickerson and the late Mrs. H ickerson.
He was a member of Seventh Day Adventisi Church on Main Street; a Marine veteran of
World War II, and a member of the Westerner Club.
His widow, the former Elba Worsham, whom he married July 4, 1947, in Alton, survives.
He also leaves a daughter, Peggy; his father; three brothers, Roy, Cottage Hills, and Willia m and Guy, Alton and a sister, Mrs. Lucille Kruger, Hardinsburg, Ky. Three brothers and an in fant daughter, preceded him in death.
The body is at Gent Chapel where Elder John Graham of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will o fficiate at services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Valhalla Memorial Park,
Visitation at the chapel will be after 7 p.m. today.
Military services will be conducted at the graveside.

12 Apr 1967
Hickerson Funeral; Valhalla Park Burial
Funeral sendees for Percy J. Hickerson were held at 2 p.m. today in Gent Chapel with Elder
A. John Graham of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Burial was hi Valhalla
Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Robert and William Waltz, Darwin Tomlinson, Jerry Nance, Wilfred Liley
and Everett Scott.

Percy married Elba Worsham on 4 Jul 1947 in Alton, Madison Co, Illinois. Elba (daughter of Howard Worsham and Mildred E. Mathews) was born on 18 Oct 1930 in Alton, Madison Co, Illinois; died on 29 Sep 2005 in Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan; was buried on 4 Oct 2005 in Bronzewood Cemetery, Oak Wood, Vermilion, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peggy married George Walker about 1968. George was born about 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alton Evening Telegraph 15 Oct 1949
Private Funeral Rites For Hickerson Infant
Private funeral services will be conducted Monday in Gent funeral home for Pamela Sue, infan t daughter of Mr. and MRs. Percy Hickerson of 3 Henderson place, who died Friday at 9:30 p.m . in Alton Memorial Hospital. The baby had been in ill health since birth, July 30, and had r emained a patient in the hospital.
Surviving in addition to the parents are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Worsh am, Bethalto, and the paternal grandfather, William Hickerson, Alton