ry iNormai insiuute, rranKIort, Class of 1912,[ucky State Industrial College (now KY Statefersity), Frankfort, B.A., Class of 1936; and didLite work at U.K. in 1955.

Katharine Levingston Hicks

tharine Levingston Hicks' teaching experiencein the Jessamine Co. school system at Vineyard,Jion and Keene schools. She became a memberfaculty at Rosenwald-Dunbar, Sept. 1940; a, English and music instructor. She retired due;ss in March 1956.: was a member of Maple St. Christian Church,

as organist for many years. She was also ai School teacher.No v. 25,1913, she became the bride of Williamider Hicks. This union was blessed with fourn: Lillie Mae Hicks, at the age of 15, was a;r of Rosenwald-Dunbar Senior Class of 1931-. William E. Hicks, Sr. Rosenwald-Dunbarfl932,KnoxvilleCollege,B.S.,Classofl936;y Medical College, M.D., Class'-of 1945, is.y practicing preventive medicine, Shreveport,irguerite deAngles Hicks, Rosenwald-Dunbarf 1937, attended Kentucky State College, was:ar U.S. Government employee, now retired,ti Dayton, OH; Verlesta B. Hicks, Rosenwald-, Class of 1938, attended Kentucky State Col-nclair College, Dayton, OH, Air Force Instituteuiology, WPAFB, OH, and is presently em-as Computer Programmer Analyst, Wright-m AFB, OH.adored her five grandchildren: John T.

k (deceased); William E. Hicks, Jr.; E.Hicks; Carmen Hicks Tillman and Donaldm Hicks.adage "Education makes people easy to

at difficult to drive, easy to govern butible to enslave" may well have been the

years^ To sum the years of work for all the studentsk'es she touched would be an infinite task. She

very proud of each one's achievements.

William Hicks Family

William Hicks was bora 1755 in Virginia. He wasa Revolutionary War soldier. William served in the12th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army fromSept. 20, 1776 to 1778. He also served in the SecondVirginia detachment from 1780 to Jan. 17,1782, whenhe was discharged as a corporal. He married MarySwanger (Swango) Jan. 2, 1784.

William and Mary first lived in Garrard Co.and then moved to Fayette Co. and then back toGarrard Co. William died Dec. 19, 1822, inGarrard Co., and Mary died Aug. 24, 1847, inJessamine. They had eight children. The firstone died at age three months.

Moses Hicks, second child of William andMary Hicks, was born Sept. 2, 1786, and mar-ried Lucy Alcorn, daughter of Robert and SusannahTurpin Welch Alcom, April 16, 1811, inFayette Co.

Abraham Hicks, third child of William and MaryHicks, was born Sept. 30, 1788, and married PatsyWood July 1,1815, inFayette Co. Abraham andPatsyHicks were the parents ofThomas, John, and ArmstrongHicks.

SophiaHicks, daughter ofWilliam andMary Hicks,was born Sept. 20,1790, and married Edward Combs.They were the parents of Jermiah, W. B., and GeorgeCombs.

Samuel Hicks, fifth child of William and MaryHicks, was born Jan. 16, 1793, and married FannieCox, June 17,1813, inFayette Co. Samuel died April6,1861, and Fannie died Nov. 27,1882; both Samueland Fannie are buried in the Nicholas Cemetery inGrant Co.

William Hicks, Jr., son ofWilliam and Marywas born Dec. 4, 1794, and married RebeccaAlcorn, daughter of Robert and Susannah TurpinWelch Alcorn, Jan. 10, 1815, in Fayette Co.William and Rebecca owned two and one-halfacres of land in Jessamine and this was wherehis mother had lived. William and Rebeccalived in Fayette, Gallatin, Jessamine, andHarrison counties in Kentucky. They were theparents of Rice, Alfred, George, Julia and EmilyHicks.

William Hicks Jr. served in the War of 1812. Heenlisted under the name William Hix. William diedMarch 12, 1868, and Rebecca died July 17, 1875.

Abigail Hicks, seventh child ofWilliam and MaryHicks, was born May 20, 1796, and married GeorgeGorman, son of Abraham Gorman Sr, Aug. 2,1813, inFayette Co. George died Aug. 23,1872 and both he andAbigail are buried in the Gorman Cemetery, BethelPike. They were the parents often children. ,

Mary Hicks, eighth child of William and MaryHicks, married Benjamin Goforth, Feb. 11, 1832, inJessamine County. They had a son, William and a.daughter, Mary Jane.

Mary Jane Goforth, daughter of Mary Hicks andBenjamin Goforth, married Joseph Gorman Jan. 14,1851, in Jessamine Co. Mary Jane and Joseph were mysecond great-grandparents. Submitted by MildredFrances Alcorn Bunch

icmuiv nvcu m .Lexington, Harold was reared inNich' iasville and attended the city school, graduatingfrjLjiicholasville High School in 1945. As a youthhc^Pmed the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scoutsof America. Following graduation from high school in1945, Harold entered the U.S. Army where he servedforthenexttwentymonths.Heenrolledat TransylvaniaCollege in 1947, and it was there that he met Mary LeeWilliams.

Mary Lee and Harold Higgs

Mary Lee, born Jan. 25, 1929, was the daugh-ter of the Late Sewell B. and Grace King Wil-liams. She was reared in Jackson, KY, which islocated in Breathitt County, home of her Wil-liams ancestors for five generations. Since hermother was a native of Western Tennessee,Mary Lee was influenced by the culture of thatregion as well as her native Eastern Kentucky.

Harold and Mary Lee were married on April7,1951. They lived in Lexington until January, 1952,when they moved to Nicholasville. Their only child,William Robert, was born on July 7, 1952, and wasreared in Nicholasville, attending the local schoolsand graduating from Jessamine Co. High School in1970. He received degrees from Georgetown Collegeand Southern Baptist Seminary and now lives inLouisville, KY.

Harold retired from the Lexington-Blue GrassArmy Depot in 1981 after 32 years of employment.Mary Lee taught in the Jessamine County Schools for26 years and retired in 1985. Both are active membersof the Nicholasville Presbyterian Church, where Haroldis an elder and Mary Lee participates in PresbyterianWomen. Harold has maintained an interest in amateurradio since his youth and has been a licensed amateurradio operator since j!952f lie is currently a commis-sioner of the Nicholasville Housing Authority and aboard member of the Senior Citizens Center. BothHarold andMary Lee are members of the local chapterof A.A.R.P. and Mary Lee belongs to JessamineCounty Retired Teachers.

They enjoy traveling, camping, fishing, and spend-ing as much time as possible with their two grandchil-.dren, Matthew Logan and Lillian Margaret. Submittedby Mary Lee Higgs