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Gladys Gaynell Hicks 1928–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jun 1928

Birth Location: Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 11 Feb 1979

Death Location: Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Samuel Hicks

Mother: Florence Hall

Spouse(s): Sherman Hamby

Children(s): Donald Hamby

Gladys Gaynell Hicks was born in 1928 in Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Willis Hicks And Florence Maebelle Hall. Gladys Gaynell Hicks married Sherman Garfield Hamby, and had children including Carolyn Janette Hamby, Donald Lewis Hamby, Gregory Scott Hamby, Married Foster Hamby, Nancy Gail Hamby, Robert Wilson Hamby, Ronald Darrell Hamby, Sharon Mozella Hamby. Gladys Gaynell Hicks passed away in 1979 in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Gladys Gaynell Hicks was born in 1928 in Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Willis Hicks And Florence Maebelle Hall.
  • Gladys Gaynell Hicks married Sherman Garfield Hamby, and had children including Carolyn Janette Hamby, Donald Lewis Hamby, Gregory Scott Hamby, Married Foster Hamby, Nancy Gail Hamby, Robert Wilson Hamby, Ronald Darrell Hamby, Sharon Mozella Hamby.
  • Gladys Gaynell Hicks passed away in 1979 in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Gladys Hicks's Ancestors

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Gladys Hicks
1928–1979
Birth Place: Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Samuel Willis Hicks
1905–1995
Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Florence (Maebelle) Hall
1913–1993
Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
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Gladys Hicks's Descendants

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Gladys (Gaynell) Hicks (19 Jun 1928–11 Feb 1979) m. Sherman (Garfield) Hamby (23 May 1912–19 Mar 1988)
  1. 1. Donald (Lewis) Hamby 1951–2017

Gladys Hicks's Timeline

2 Records

1928
19 Jun 1928
Birth of Gladys Gaynell Hicks in Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
1979
11 Feb 1979
Age 51
Death of Gladys Gaynell Hicks in Ferguson, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States of America
Ferguson, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1928
    Event Place: Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 240-17-3715; Issue State: North Carolina; Issue Date: 1975
    [2] North Carolina, Death Indexes
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wilkes, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1979
    Event Place: Ferguson, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 240-17-3715; Issue State: North Carolina; Issue Date: 1975
    [2] North Carolina, Death Indexes
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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