NNHS Class of 1968

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Jerry Hicks

About 1950

04 July 1970
Madison, NC

 Crushed by Collapsing Walls While in a  Car Wash

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It dawned on me just this week that Jerry Hicks ('68) passed away in 1970.
He spent 1969 in Vietnam; much of his time there was spent in combat.
After his year in Nam he came home and less than a week after getting back
was on his way to visit his grandparents in North Carolina. He stopped
to wash his car and while he was washing it, the car wash walls collapsed
and killed him.

He was a great guy and is missed by all who knew him.

- Bob Parrish ('68) of VA - 07/14/04
Thanks, Bob.

I noticed that Bobby had given you some information concerning the death of Jerry Thomas Hicks, class of 1968.  Jerry was in the US Marines, not the US Army as listed.  Jerry was killed on July 4, 1970 in Madison, North Carolina.  If memory serves me correctly, Jerry had pulled into the car wash to get out of a storm with high winds and the storm caused the car wash building to collapse and a steel beam and wall fell on him.  Actually, he had been home for several months recuperating from wounds suffered in Viet Nam, which ultimately led to his discharge from the Corps.  Jerry had called me and wanted to go the the NCO club at Langley Air Force base, but I already had a date and had to decline.  The next morning, I flew out for a year on the Korean DMZ, that was in March.  In July, I received the newspaper article of his accident.  I wish I had canceled the date; Jerry was a good friend and is sadly missed.  His year in Nam was especially hard, physically and mentally. 

 - Jay Styles ('68) of VA - 01/27/06
Thank you, Jay.
 

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I knew Wayne. He lived on Madison Avenue near the Boys' Club when it was on Jefferson Avenue. Like all of the boys in the area he enjoyed daily attendance of the club and participated in all of the activities there. It was a safe and fun place to be. There was always adult supervision and so many things to do. Arts and crafts, athletics, wood shop, a games room, a movie room, special events, junior staff employment opportunities, day camp, leadership opportunities for the older youth and socializing with other boys his age.

There is a link to the Boys' Club on the NNHS website. The (1963) black and white picture on the first page there features a group of boys working on a project. David Spriggs ('64 - of VA) provided that picture. I am in that photo and in the striped sweater. I graduated NNHS in 1965 as did many of the others in the picture.

They would have been peers of Wayne and they all lived in the community where the club was located. Tom Oxner from NNHS '65 is not in the picture but he lived near Wayne's home and may be able to share some information. I seem to recall that Wayne was from Lumberton, N.C., and there were staff at the club who were originally from Elizabeth City, N.C. during his membership.

The thing that I seem to remember most about Wayne was that he had a sort of country-boy swagger and a look about him that seemed to hint that he knew a little more than meets the eye.

My belated condolences to his family.

- Malcolm Davis ('65) of VA - 02/09/14
Thanks so much, Malcolm!

Send more remembrances to Wayne's sister, Tracy MacKeown Heath (Warwick HS - '77) of VA, at tracyheath@charter.net.

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Paul Randolph

 15 Oct 1950
Bay St. Louis, MS

12 Jan 2001
Yorktown, VA

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MAULDIN, S.C. — Cynthia Gail Sawyer Wren, 50, wife of James Bandfield Wren Jr., of 102 Brockman Drive, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000.

Born in Newport News, Va., she was a daughter of the late James Basil and Estelle Halley Sawyer.

She was a kindergarten teacher and a member of Mauldin United Methodist Church.

Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Beth Ann Wren of the home; a son, Michael Brian Wren of the home; four sisters, June Hewitt of Woodbridge, Va., and Kay Jones, Judy Shoemaker and Mary Beth Humes, all of Hampton; and three brothers, Bill Sawyer of Newport News, Tom Sawyer of Hampton and Bobby Sawyer of Corpus Christi, Texas.

She was predeceased by a brother, Jay Sawyer.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mauldin United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jerry Temple officiating. Visitation will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at the home. Burial will be in Mauldin United Methodist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cindy Wren Memorial Fund at Mauldin United Methodist Church Kindergarten, 100 E. Butler Rd., Mauldin, SC 29662.

The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, is handling arrangements.

Published in the Daily Press on June 22, 2000.

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