Ms. Claudette Bond Hicks

March 12, 1952 - November 6, 2020

The Angel of the Lord called Claudette B. Hicks home to be with him on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Claudette was born to Mr. Lawrence Wyatt and Ms. Margie Merriweather on March 12, 1952 in Bells, Tennessee. At an early age, Claudette became a faithful believer of Christ and a member of Wortham Chapel Baptist Church. She served in multiple capacities for many years. She was a lead singer in the choir until a decline in her health in 2002. She was active in many church functions. She also attended Oak Grove Missionary Baptist in Martin and also was one of the lead singers of the choir. She loved singing and doing whatever she could to help bring people to God. She really touched the lives of all the people that she was around. Claudette graduated from Central High School in Alamo, Tennessee in 1969. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in Martin in 1975. Upon graduating college with a degree in Education, she became an elementary school teacher and taught for twenty-seven years. She taught two years in Gleason, Tennessee, four years in Martin, Tennessee, twelve years in Maury City, Tennessee and nine years in Greenfield, Tennessee. Claudette went above and beyond her calling as a teacher. She went the extra mile to provide all she could for her students. She dedicated her life to her pupils to make sure they were the best they could be which earned her the honor of “Teacher of the Year” four times in her teaching career. Claudette married her classmate, John Hicks in 1971 and to this union, two children were born. Preceding her death were her brother, Larry Robinson and sister, Carolyn Robinson Those left to mourn her passing are her children: Millicent Hicks of Toledo, OH, Timothy Hicks of Lexington, TN; three grandchildren: Michael, Nabreyah, and Kameron; her father, Lawrence Wyatt of Nashville, TN, her mother, Margie Robinson of San Francisco, CA; three sisters: Joann Doublin of Toledo, OH, Torsha Robinson of California, Christine Robinson Miller of North Carolina; three brothers: Sander (Helaine) Robinson, Johnny Robinson, and Jimmy Robinson of California. Claudette went above and beyond her calling as a teacher. She went the extra mile to provide all she could for her students. She dedicated her life to her pupils to make sure they were the best they could be which earned her the honor of “Teacher of the Year” four times in her teaching career.