Mrs. Delores Marie Hickman, age 47, of Crockett, Texas died Tuesday morning in East Texas Medical Center-Crockett.
SERVICE:
Saturday April 4, 2015 @ 10:00 am
Location: St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church
315 S. 2nd Street, Crockett, Texas 75835
Pastor: Rev. Lance Mann
Officiating Minister & Eulogist: Bishop M. C. Williams
Interment following service in Golden Gate Cemetery, Grapeland, TX
VISITATION:
Friday April 3, 2015 10:00 am - 06:00 pm
Rev. T. W. Berry Chapel, Emanuel Funeral Home
906 N. 6th Street, Crockett, TX 75835
Final Arrangements made by EMANUEL FUNERAL HOME-CROCKETT
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Brief Biographical Sketch of
Delores Marie Butler-Hickman
Delores Marie Butler-Hickman was born on April 3, 1967 in Grapeland, Texas, to the parents Ruby Lee Butler and Elijah Walker. She was Ruby's second child.
Delores was raised in Grapeland, Texas and attended Grapeland ISD, graduated from Crockett High. She studied Nursing at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, and Dietary Food Management at Angelina College, Lufkin, Texas.
She accepted Christ early in life and joined The House of Prayer under the leadership of Pastor James Coleman and in her early adult life until now, she became a member of Corinth Evangelistic Pentecostal Church in Crockett, Texas under the Pastorialship of Elder Walter Kent, Jr.
Delores married Thomas Hickman Sr. on December 14, 1991. Two children were blessed to this union.
She worked in the Dietary Department at Leisure Lodge (now Crockett Community Care Center) and at Whitehall Nursing Center. She was a Certified Nurses Aide at Grapeland Nursing Facility, lastly she worked at Crockett State School as a Security Officer until she was no longer able to work. She was a member of the S.D. James Evangelistic Assoc. Inc. and its Pentecostal Churches worldwide.
Delores passed away on March 24, 2015 at ETMC in Crockett, Texas. She was preceded in death by her son, Isaiah Thomas Hickman; biological father, Elijah Walker; grandparents, W.B. Butler, Ellen Butler, Walter Kent, Sr., Bertha Kent, Buddy Walker, Essie Walker; uncles, James Butler, Freddie C. Butler, John Butler, Calester Walker, Grady Kent; aunts, Bertha Hadnot, Betty Rose Dancer, Ethel Coleman.
Leaving precious memories to those who loved her dearly, husband, Thomas Hickman, Sr., Crockett, Texas; son, Thomas Hickman, Jr., Crockett, Texas; two daughters, Octavia Wagner (Richard), Huntsville, Texas, Victoria Hickman, Crockett, Texas; mother, Ruby Kent (Walter, Jr.); Brothers, Terris Butler (Pamela) Houston, Texas, Frederick Butler, Grapeland, Texas, Russell Coleman, Houston, Texas, Aaron Kent (Colitha), Rodney Kent (Angela), Tracy Kent and Troy Kent, all of Gretna, Louisiana; sisters, Cynthia Butler, Grapeland, Texas, Deborah Wright (C.J.) Dallas, Texas, Yolanda Henderson (David), Spring, Texas, Katrinia Kent, Gretna, Louisiana and Tonya Kent, Atlanta, Georgia; aunts, Rosie Jones, Margie Nelson, Barbara Reece, Yolanda Blackwell, Vanessa Kent; uncles, Jimmy Butler, Willie Butler, Marvin Kent, Wendolyn Kent, Campanella Kent, Otis Kent & Clark Kent; two grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.