Ronald Hicks

Ronald Wayne Hicks, son of the late Jesse Thomas and Lorene (Bell) Hicks, was born July 8, 1952 in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life October 11, 2017, at Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. He was 65 years, 3 months, and 4 days of age.

Ronald graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1969. He married Fonda Webb on August 5, 1975, in Springfield, Missouri. Two children were born to this union.

Ronald was a truck driver and also loved to farm. He had beef cattle and enjoyed being outside whether it was sitting in his truck on a hill watching deer and turkey, or riding motorcycles. He was blessed with a good friend, Derek Akers, who helped him on the farm when Ronald wasn’t able to work.

Besides his parents, Ronald was preceded in death by an infant brother, Jesse Hicks.

He is survived by his wife of their home, Fonda, two sons, Jesse Hicks and his wife, Jennifer, of Batavia, Illinois, and Jonathan Hicks and his wife, Robyn, of Marietta, Georgia, two grandchildren, Roland and Keaton Hicks, special aunts, Gail Hicks and Jewell Hicks, many cousins, and other family and friends who will miss him.