Mrs. Lorene Hicks

November 20, 1936 - November 21, 2018

Mrs. Lorene (Johnson) Hicks of Willow Springs, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 while at Mercy St. Francis Hospital in Mtn. View, MO. Born November 20, 1936 to Everett and Nancy (Collins) Johnson in Douglas County, MO, she was 82 years old. Lorene grew up in the Willow Springs area and attended Liberty Grove school. On December 20, 1971 she was married to Herman Hicks in Vanzant, MO. She worked at the Conway-Winter shoe factory for 12 years as a fancy stitcher. She had many interests in life; she loved growing flowers, going to yard sales, and working Sudoku puzzles. She was an avid quilter, and hand-pieced and hand-quilted them as well. However, her favorite times were spent with her family, and she especially treasured the times she got to spend with her “girls”: Carol, Brenda, Laurie, and Bailey. She will be greatly missed by her family, friends, and all who knew her. Lorene is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herman; her infant brother; two sisters, Eveline Johnson and Pauline Scarbrough; and two brothers, Cleo Johnson and Lonzo Johnson. She is survived by her children: Carol Weaver and her husband, Delford; Brenda Harrison and her husband, Russ; Debra Nye and her husband, Jake; Tom Hicks and his wife, Pauline all of Willow Springs; granddaughter Laurie Strosnider and her husband, Roger of Mtn. View; Amanda Wheeler of Rogersville; Christie Hicks of Springfield, and Jarod Hicks of Florida. Further survivors include a great-granddaughter Baliey Strosnider; a brother, Don Johnson and his wife, Judy of Willow Springs; a brother-in-law, Buster Scarbrough also of Willow Springs; and two very special friends, Virginia Dean and Shirley Powell at the nursing home. A family night/visitation for Mrs. Hicks will be held on Monday, November 26, 2018 from 6-8 P.M. at Willow Funeral Home, LLC. Funeral services will follow on Tuesday, November 27 at 10:00 A.M. at Blue Buck Mountain Ministries with Pastor Brad Strosnider officiating. Interment will be at the Holmes Flatrock Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Willow Funeral Home, LLC. On-line condolences may be left at www.willowspringsfuneralhome.com