Harold David Hicks, son of the late Joseph Edward Hicks and Edith C. Cowan Hicks, was born on February 6, 1950, in Granite City, Illinois, and departed this life on February 21, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 73 years.

Mr. Hicks was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He was a former employee of Arvin Meritor in Dexter, Missouri and a resident of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He enjoyed operating RC Airplanes, playing music and singing, and he loved spending time with his friends and family, especially his nieces and nephews on the 4th of July.

He is survived by three brothers, Eddie Hicks of Dexter, Missouri, Mike Hicks and significant other Teresa of Fairmont, Minnesota, and Mark Hicks of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; by two sisters, Phyllis Lemons and Freda Cox both of Dexter, Missouri; and by several nieces and nephews.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Garry “Lenny” Hicks and Lawrence “Fred” Hicks; and by his sister, Darlene Busby.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, February 25, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.