Artie F. ( Jett) Hicks from Van Vleck, Texas passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the age of 92 at the Matagorda House Nursing facility in Bay City, Texas.
Funeral services for Artie will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, December 22 at Taylor Bros Funeral Home in Bay City located at the corner of Ave. I and Fourth Street. Visitation for friends will be on Friday, December 21 from 6:00 pm till 8:00 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery south of Van Vleck, Texas, following the Saturday service.
Pall bearers will be the grandsons, Kevin Trlicek, Todd Nichols, Kenneth Trlicek, Kent Hicks, Ryan Schumann, Sean Hicks, Neal Schumann, and Mark Schumann. Honorary pall bearers will be grandson, Keith Trlicek and four nephews John C. Hicks, Robert Hicks, Michael W. Hicks and Dr. James M. Hicks.
Artie was born on March 10, 1920 to Erastus Haynes Jett and Lucy Emmaline (Holder) Jett in New Baden, Texas, Robertson County, near Franklin, Texas. She was one of eleven children and the last one to pass away.
Artie married Calvin W. Hicks on April 22, 1939 and they had four children over their 51 years of marriage which ended with (C. W.) Calvin's death in December 1990. They moved from Mumford, Texas to Markham, Texas in 1957 and then to Van Vleck in 1958 into their first new home. Artie was a housewife/homemaker but did work at the Van Vleck School District cafeteria for about 6 years. They were members of the Church of Christ on Nichols Street in Bay City.
Preceding Artie in her death are her father and mother, her husband, all of her brothers and sisters and one daughter, Virginia (Hicks) Trlicek and husband, Frankie of Victoria. She is survived by three children, W. Travis Hicks and wife, Margaret, of Bay City, Roy L. Hicks and wife, Donna, of Lake Jackson, and Nancy Schumann and husband, Jimmy, of Victoria. Artie is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Artie has one sister-in-law, Marie Jett, still living in Kosse, Texas.
Memorials can be given to the Church of Christ, 1200 Nichols St., Bay City, Tx. 77414, or to Hospice Support Inc., 1102 North Mechanic, El Campo, Tx. 77437, or to Matagorda County SPCA, 3316 Avenue J, Bay City, Tx. 77414.
The family expresses a big THANK YOU to the staff at Matagorda House Skilled Nursing facility for all the loving care they gave Mom during her 5 ½ month stay with them and to the nurses and doctors at Matagorda County Regional Hospital and the Houston Hospice.