Hicks Ancestors - Generation 4 - Bessie Arabella Hicks

Bessie Arabella Hicks was born 11 April 1903 in Arkansas, and died 01 October 1994 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas.

PHOTO L-R: Bess, her brother Jack Hicks, his wife Floy ('Bill')

Bess was the daughter of Pinkney Hicks and Ann Mirah VanWinkle.

Bess Hicks married George Record Wheetley 30 November 1927 in Fayette County, Tennessee, son of John Walker Wheetley and Ama A Lassiter. He was born 10 November 1903 in Arkansas, and died 13 January 1967 in Judsonia, White County, Arkansas.

This is the only picture I have of Record Wheetley -- he is the boy in the back. The others are his sister Pearl, brother Kenneth, and baby sister Doris.

Child of Bess Hicks and Record Wheetley:

Billie Wayne Wheetley 1934-1992, married Joann (unknown last name).

PHOTO: Wayne and Joann Wheetley family, 1976

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Bess Hicks Wheetley died 01 October 1994, age 91.

Record Wheetley died 14 January 1967, age 63.

They are buried in Providence Cemetery, Judsonia, White County, Arkansas.

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Wayne Wheetley died 04 May 1992, age 59, and is buried in Providence Cemetery, Judsonia, White County, Arkansas.