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Obituary
Robert E. Hickman,
74 of Huntington, husband of Coby Clancy Hickman, passed away Wednesday
August 27, 2014 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington.
Funeral liturgy will be conducted at 11 am Saturday at Our Lady of Fatima
Catholic Church by Father Paul Yuenger. Burial will follow in Springhill
Cemetery, Huntington. He was born July 1, 1940 in Huntington, WV, a son of
the late Edward Johnson Hickman and Hazel Ray Hickman. Robert graduated from
Huntington High School in 1958 and from the University of Cincinnati in
1962. He was named Chief Pharmacist of Cabell Huntington Hospital in 1962,
Director of Pharmacy in 1981, Acting Vice President of Administration in
1987 and was permanently named Vice President of Administration in 1988.
Robert Retired from Cabell Huntington Hospital in January of 2005. Robert
was a member of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, a member and
past president of the West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, West
Virginia Hospital Association, American College of Healthcare Executives. He
also served with the Green Acres Human Rights Committee, Huntington Rotary
Club, Vice Chair of the Board of Goodwill, city of Huntington Foundation,
Neighborhood Institute, Huntington Area Labor Management Council, American
Lung Association of West Virginia, Loaned Executive to the United Way of the
River Cities. Robert served with the Western West Virginia Chapter of the
American Red Cross and he was a multi gallon blood donor with the American
Red Cross. He was a long time parishioner and Eucharistic minister at Our
Lady of Fatima and served with Catholics for Christian Harmony Task Force.
Robert was the 1954 National Marbles Champion and a member of RCFLZ. In
addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a grandson Turner
Hickman. Additional survivors include two sons Patrick (Holly) Hickman and
Todd (Sandra) Hickman; four grandchildren Zachary, Taylor, Austin and Ridge
Hickman; brother Dick (Judy) Hickman; two sisters Charlene (Clifford) Wilson
and Nancy (Mike) McGraw; nieces and nephews Buddy Wilson, Linda Spangler,
Danny Wilson, Jeff Hickman, Jon Hickman, Heather Davis, Ryan Hager, Morgan
McGraw, Daniel A. Clancy, Daniel Clancy, Jennifer Clancy, Julie Clancy, Jere
Clancy, Jordan Clancy and Katherine Clancy. Additional survivors include Ann
Sullivan, Kelly (Josh) Esenbock, Josh (Megan) Hart and special friends Ted
and Jamie Henry and Father Jim Sobus. Robert enjoyed his monthly poker
games, annual fishing trips to the Greenbrier River and his spring and fall
golf trips. Contributions may be made to Our Lady of Fatima Church and the
Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Friends may call from 5 to
8 pm Friday at the Reger Funeral Home.
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