Beulah Ellen Hicks

	Beulah Ellen Hicks, 90, of Scheller, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2002 at 1:50 a.m. at Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon.  She was a wonderful mother and grandmother.
	Mrs. Hicks was born September 30, 1911 at Waltonville, the daughter of Samuel and Lou Etta (Beckham) Fred.  She was united in marriage to Archie Hicks and he preceded her in death.
	She was a member of Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church.
	Surviving are children, Delmar and Marilyn Hicks of Tamaroa, Jesse Franklin and Betty Hicks of Steeleville, William Hicks of Scheller, Ronnie Hicks of Scheller, Janet and Bill Kesler of Christopher and Karen Winget of Scheller; 21 grandchildren; several great- and great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Lois Fred of Sesser; cousin, Mary Fred and a dear friend, Leida Downen.
	She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four brothers, one sister, one grandson and one great-granddaughter.
	Funeral services were Wednesday, August 28 at 2 p.m. at Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser with Rev. Bud Porter officiating.  Interment was in Maple Hill Cemetery in Sesser.
	Friends called after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26 at Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser.
