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The Grandparents...
Walter L. Hicks & Ada Izona Broyles
were married on September 24, 1929 in Tulsa, OK. They had nine children. The
fourth child...and oldest son...is Richard Wayne Hicks, Sr.
George William Crockett, Jr. and Emily
Ethelene Jones were married on January 1, 1934 in
Jackson, MI.
Granddaddy Crockett was one of three children. His mother's name was Mimi.
She was a poet. One of our great grandmother's original poems immortalized
Granddaddy and his siblings. Kyra Hicks discovered this poem while reading
old letters with Aunt Alzeda. The poem is called "Our Children Three". Three children (Elizabeth,
George III,
and Ethelene) were born to this union. Granddaddy passed away in 1997. Some
of the folks who mourned him in writing included the
Detroit Free Press,
National Association
of Arab Americans, and the Detroit News. One of Granddaddy's favorite
people in life was Paul
Robeson.
Granddaddy Crockett is featured in this book,
Black Judges on Justice, by Linn Washington. You can find Granddaddy
under part III: "The Pioneers" which starts on page 145. You can order the
book by clicking on the cover!
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