August 7

Mary Viola 'Ola' Hicks was born 07 August 1890

She was the daughter of David Anderson Hicks

David was the oldest brother of my great-grandfather Ulysses Fillmore Hicks

PHOTO: Hicks brothers (L-R) Ulysses, Felix, Pinkney, and David

Ola Hicks married Edward Romalow (in the records I can find on FamilySearch it is spelled Ramelow or Ramelou). I don't have a picture of him. He was born in Germany and migrated to the USA in 1906. He married Ola Hicks in 1910. 

I can only find records for five possible children: Edna, Hazel, Edward Jr., Harold, and Harvey. Some of this information is from the 1920 US Census. Edward and Ola were living with David, and her brother John was also living there with his wife Belle and some of their children. (So Edna could have been John's, but I think she was Ola's.) Harold and Harvey were born after 1920. I have their death certificates, along with Hazel's. I don't know if Edward and Ola had any other children. I don't know which of the children are in the photo with Ola. They are not far enough apart in age to be Hazel and Harold and Harvey (born in 1917, 1923, and 1928).

i. Hazel, born 10 Feb 1917, died 22 Aug 1937, married Everett J Williams, died age 20y 6m 12d, Mansfield General Hospital, Mansfield, Richland County OH, cause of death: lobar pneumonia complicated by pregnancy with eclampsia

ii. Harold George, born 1923, died 28 Apr 1929, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis TN, age 6, cause of death: nail puncture wound infection, buried Wilson, Arkansas

iii. Harvey, born 16 June 1928, died 21 Dec 1931, age 3y 6m 5d, cause of death gangrenous stomatitis/toxemia, buried Osceola, Arkansas (died in Baptist Hospital, Memphis TN)