Reba Irene Hicks

Mrs. Reba Irene Kilburn Hicks passed peacefully from this life to be with her Lord, at her home in Waynesboro, TN  at the age of 87 years. She was born to the late James Frank Kilburn and Ollie Creecy Kilburn in Waynesboro, TN August 8, 1936. She attended school in Wayne County and married her now late husband Marvin Edward Hicks December 15, 1957 to whom she remained married until his passing on December 18, 2017. She worked as a homemaker and as a garment worker for Angelica Manufacturing in Waynesboro for many years. Mrs. Hicks attended Zion Baptist Church in the Sweet Water Community of Wayne County and the Cannan Freewill Baptist Church in the Fish Trap Community of Lawrence County, TN. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and loved spending time with all her many family and friends.   

Survivors include her sons, Marvin Wayne Hicks (wife Pam), James Larry Hicks (wife Janice); sisters Myrtle Ida Dean Brewer and Betty Lou Daniel all of Waynesboro, TN; grandchildren, April Piper (husband Josh); Tiffany Hicks, Jacob Hicks (Valerie), Raven Hicks, Katie Hicks, LaJinda Gun (Bobby), Kyle Hicks (wife Mary), Cody Hicks (Amy); one step grandson, Justin Davidson; great grandchildren, Renee Piper, Silas Hicks, Bjorn Alexander Hicks, Makayla Gun, Allie Gun, Landon Gun, Kendra Walker, Spencer Hicks, Carson Hicks, Brayle Hicks, Jake Howel. 

In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by a son Jerry Dale Hicks; brother Buford Kilburn and sister Imogene Luna

Bates-Love Funeral and Cremation,LLC is honored to serve the Hicks family during this their time of grief.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Reba Irene Kilburn  Hicks will be held December 11, 2023 at 1:00 pm at the Bates-Love Funeral and Cermation, LLC chapel  in Waynesboro, TN with Danny Huckaba and Danny Clarke officiating. Burial will follow at Cole Cemetery in the Sweet Water Community near the Natchez Trace. 

Those honored to served as pallbearers include: Bobby Gun, Kyle Hicks, Cody Hicks, Josh Piper, Justin Davidson, and Franklin Cole. 

Visitation will begin Sunday December 10, 2023 from 5:00 pm till 8:00 pm and again Monday December 11, 2023 from 10:00 am till 1:00 pm service time all at the Bates-Love Funeral and Cremation, LLC Chapel in Waynesboro, TN.   

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