Flora Mae Swain Hicks Obituary (1940

Flora Mae Swain Hicks of LaFollette, TN passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022. She was born Jan. 11, 1940 at Lenarue, KY to the union of her parents, the late Ernest and Hazel Delph Swain. She moved with her parents to Detroit, MI when she was 15 years old where she met her late husband and best friend, Darrell Hicks at church. Darrell and Flora Mae moved back to Harlan, KY until his retirement, at which time they moved to Lafollette, TN where they enjoyed boating, fishing, and Flora Mae's great love of growing flowers. Flora Mae was a devoted wife, daughter, sister, and aunt who loved her family dearly. She believed in the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Barbara Hawkins and husband Jim, Fay Scott and husband Herbert, Delores Mitchell, Brenda Lou Swain, and infant brother Richard Linville Swain; nephews, Robert Hawkins, Andy Hawkins, and a very special nephew, Richard Hawkins. Left to cherish her memory are her brother, Paul Swain and wife Eleanor; brother-in-law Bill Mitchell; nephews, Mike Mitchell, Rodney Mitchell, Ed Swain, Larry Swain, Gerald Scott, Tim Hawkins, Ernie Hawkins, and Donnie Hawkins; nieces: Kay Woolums, Gloria Ogilvie, Shirley Hill, Peggy Hawkins, Debra Brown, Emily Turner, and Becky Hawkins; two special friends, Joyce Bell and Catherine Griffin, and a host of extended family and friends. Graveside services for Flora Mae Swain Hicks will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at Jellico Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, 9004 HWY 92, Williamsburg, KY beginning at 11:00 A.M with Homer Johnson officiating. The family has entrusted House-Rawlings Funeral Home with the arrangements.