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DAVID HICKS: 1936-2018
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Computer Power founder remembered for generosity Jacksonville entrepreneur and investor, whose companies evolved into TIAA Bank and Fidelity National Financial, dies at 82 during summer stay in Colorado.
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Freeman, Pittman named to council
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BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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David Hicks, who quietly became deeply involved in Jacksonville’s business and civic life and founded startups that evolved into major corporations, died Monday night in Colorado. Hicks, 82, spent summers with family and friends in Colorado for the past 25 years. His death was unexpected, and his family was able to be with him at his passing. “We were the perfect partnership. We shared the same goals and passions for our family and our city and we thoroughly enjoyed working together,” said Ann Curry Hicks, his wife of 58 years. In addition to his wife, Hicks is survived by three children: daughter Deborah Hicks Quazzo and her husband, Stephen, of Chicago; daughter Poppy Hicks Clements and her husband, Rob, of Jacksonville; and son, David Jr., and his wife, Margaret, of Jacksonville. He also is survived by 10 grandchildren: Caroline Tyler Quazzo, Ann Clements Miller, Benjamin Curry Quazzo, Ruth Curry Clements, Robert Mossler Clements Jr., Christopher Hicks Quazzo, Phoebe Macdonald Clements, Helen Ruth Hicks, Charles Milton Hicks and Eliza Tyler Hicks. A memorial service will be held in the early fall. The family requests that memorial gifts be directed to HabiJax, 2404 Hubbard St., Jacksonville, FL, 32206. Hicks founded Computer Power Inc. and chaired other successful startups, including Alliance Mortgage Co., which became EverBank Financial Corp.; Enterprise Bank; and Space Maker Self Storage. SEE HICKS, PAGE 2
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They replace Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown, who are under federal indictment and suspended. BY DAVID CAWTON STAFF WRITER
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David Hicks chaired several Jacksonville companies, including Computer Power Inc. and Alliance Mortgage Co., that evolved through sales into large corporations.
Republican Terrance Freeman and Democrat Ju’Coby Pittman will replace suspended City Council members Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown, Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday. Scott suspended Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown, who are not related, June 1 after they were indicted by a federal grand jury. Both are Democrats. Freeman, who most recently was an aide to council President Aaron Bowman, will represent Reginald Brown’s seat in District 10. He is a regional director for Ygrene Energy Fund’s Jacksonville office. Pittman will take over for Katrina Brown in District 8. She is CEO and president of the nonprofit Clara White Mission. Pittman unsuccessfully ran for the At-Large Group 5 council seat in 2015 and Freeman did not make it out of the state House District 12 primary in 2016. Federal prosecutors allege Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown devised a scheme to illegally funnel money from a federal small business loan, as well as a city-backed loan and grant, SEE COUNCIL PAGE 2
COMING THURSDAY
The Basch Report: Impact of Convergys merger on city Plus: The Mathis Report, Cawton Report and more. VOLUME 105, NO. 166 • ONE SECTION