Hicks Ancestors - Generation 4 - Cleffie Lorene Hicks

 

 Cleffie Lorene Hicks was born 08 August 1917 in Banner, Cleburne County, Arkansas.

Cleffie was the daughter of Ulysses and Annie Arnold Hicks.

PHOTO: Annie holding Cleffie, with Ruby (right) and Irene (left)

Cleffie Hicks married Lester Morris Burford 05 October 1935 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas, son of Alexander Burford and Lora Gibson. He was born 04 March 1913 in Hamlin, Cross County, Arkansas, and died 24 August 1990 in Alton, Jasper County, Illinois

PHOTO: Cleffie and Lester, July 1935

50th wedding anniversary, 1985

Lester and Cleffie had four children:

i. Wathada Jewell Burford (my mother) 1936-2024

ii. Lester Morris Burford, Jr. (called Morris) 1939-2022

iii. Robert Neil Burford 1941- (currently living in Medellin, Colombia)

iv. Ronald Gene Burford 1944-1981

 

 

PHOTO: Morris, Wathada, Ron, Bob, 1974

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Lester Burford died 24 August 1990, age 77, in Alton, Illinois.

He is buried in Hunter Cemetery, Hunter, Woodruff County, Arkansas.

Cleffie Hicks Burford died 17 September 2004, age 87, in Watervliet, Michigan.

 She is buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan.