Ollie “Clifford” Hicks, son of the late Joseph E. Hicks and Agnes Chattin Hicks, was born on September 30, 1935, in LaValle, Missouri, and departed this life on May 28, 2024, at his residence in Essex, Missouri, at the age of 88 years.

Mr. Hicks was a former maintenance supervisor and school bus driver for Bloomfield RXIV Schools, retiring after 28 years of service, helping kids brought him great joy. He was a lifetime member of the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge, and he was a member of Beech Grove General Baptist Church in Essex. He enjoyed tinkering with tractors and farm equipment, taking care of his chickens and other farm animals and working in his garden.

On February 16, 1957, in Circle City, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Mary Ruth George. Clifford and Mary were married for 65 years and enjoyed doing everything together. They set a great example for their family and everyone who knew them of how marriage should be. Mrs. Hicks preceded him in death on November 28, 2022.

He is survived by two sons, Garry Hicks and wife Evelyn of Woodward, Oklahoma, and Terry Hicks of Piedmont, Missouri; by four daughters, Peggy Hicks of Dexter, Missouri, Teresa Lambert and husband Mike of Bloomfield, Missouri, Kathy Robinson and husband Dane of Lawrence, Kansas, and Donna Hicks of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; by fifteen grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.

Other than by his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Stevan Hicks Sr.; and by two brothers, J.W. Hicks, and Joseph Edward Hicks.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, May 31, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Rick Roberts officiating. Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.