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LEGACY
WINTER 2022
H i c k s ’ L e g a c y: Give Where You Live Mary Ann Hicks loved to travel. Her friend, Les Miller, thinks she learned to love it as a young woman. Her parents owned an auto parts store in Clay County and took the family on car trips well before interstate highways connected us – back when car travel was an adventure into the unknown around every curve. “Every trip she took, she loved,” Miller said. “Her house was filled with mementos and photos from them. She kept travel logs and diaries so she would be reminded of where she had been.” “She went to Sydney, Australia,” said friend, Mary Jane Willoughby. “. . . on a safari . . . to France . . . Ireland . . . England . . . everywhere – and remembered everything.” She often brought home things from each of her trips to remind her of the places. She loved to show and talk about them, Willoughby added. Ann at Masai Mara Game Park, Kenya, Africa
There were few spots on earth Hicks – who preferred to be called Ann – did not visit, but when she decided to leave a legacy to her parents and her community, she chose to do so back home in Clay County. When Hicks passed away on December 16, 2020, she left provisions in her estate plans to fund three separate endowment funds at the Community Foundation: The Mary Ann Hicks Fund for Forest Park Golf Course, The Cyril W. and Mary H. Hicks Memorial Fund for Forest Park, and The Cyril W. and Mary H. Hicks Scholarship Fund.
HICKS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. “ MS. SHE CREATED THREE SEPARATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE THINGS SHE BELIEVED WERE IMPORTANT.
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Beth Tevlin, President & CEO of the Community Foundation
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Hicks’ work and investments gave her the opportunity to travel while affording her the opportunity to give back to her community, enjoying life on her own terms as she did so. One particular enjoyment was frequenting Forest Park, especially on Wednesdays with her golf group. “(Hicks) lived around the corner from us,” said Troy Farris, the club pro at Forest Park Golf course. He said she helped with their junior clinic and was adamant about improving her own game. “She did not like playing bad golf,” Farris chuckled as he spoke. “She did not like hitting a bad shot.” He said he appreciated her self-deprecating sense of humor, and her candor when it came to expressing her opinion. “She wouldn’t mince words,” Willoughby said. C O N T I N U E D O N pag e 2 >
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