Robert Michael Hicks

Robert Michael Hicks, 51 of Bentonville passed away December 10, 2011 in Bentonville. He was born May 4, 1960 in Kyushu Island, Japan the son of Robert Hicks and Jean Thompson Hicks. He was a self-employed carpenter. He is preceded in death by his mother. Survived by four children, Faith Hendricks, Bruce Alexander, Sarah Pilkington all of Gravette and Stephanie Hicks of Marion, Ohio; his father Robert W. Hicks a wife Julia M. Hicks of Beebe, Arkansas; his special friend, Natalia Brui and her daughter, Ana of the home; three sisters Patricia Jean Droptiny of Ward, Arkansas; Deborah Lynn Latham of Bentonville and Donna Denise McCollough of Jacksonville and twelve grandchildren. Services 10 a.m., Wednesday at the First Christian Church in Gravette. Interment will be in the Dixon Cemetery near Cherokee City. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday at Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th Street, Rogers. In Lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the funeral home. Online condolence www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com.