Marjorie Aleen

Hicks Hill

Marjorie passed from the bonds of this earthly life into eternal rest on March 15, 2021 in Newcastle, Oklahoma.  Marjorie was born in Alex, Oklahoma, on June 16, 1926, to George Horne and Maggie Mackey Horne.  Marjorie was saved as a young teenager at the Alex Baptist Church and was baptized in the Washita River.  Immediately following an end-of-the-year school play in which she was performing during her junior year at Alex High School, Marjorie cleaned out her locker, went home and announced she was moving to Chickasha, Oklahoma.  After her folks helped her make the move, she worked at Montgomery Ward and Kress Store, but her favorite job was the lunch counter at the Union Bus Station, because she enjoyed talking to all the people who were coming and going.  She lived in Chickasha from April 1943, until September 11, 1943, at which time she married C. A. Hicks, and they moved to Oklahoma City.  They celebrated 50 years of marriage just prior to his passing.  Marjorie had always loved the written word and chronicled her daily life in her journals from 1984 until January 26, 2021.  When her daughter, Linda, moved to Albany, Georgia, in 1980, written correspondence between them began and only ended at Marjorie's passing.  There were many phone calls, but Marjorie so enjoyed writing and receiving letters that the custom continued throughout the years.  Marjorie enjoyed wiling away the hours by reading, working on scrapbooks she filled with historical news items and playing Scrabble on her I-pad.  She also enjoyed going to her high school reunions whenever possible.  A new friendship was forged with a former schoolmate, Kenneth Hill, who had returned from California to attend the reunion in 1996.  After much written correspondence between them, they married on January 1, 1998, and enjoyed 12 years together in Oklahoma City until his passing in 2010.  Marjorie will be remembered for her many wonderful qualities, not the least of which was her great sense of humor.  She could give a lift to those around her by saying something funny during unexpected and difficult times.  Her sense of humor was sort of a life raft for her family, and it certainly kept her afloat during her hard times.  She always enjoyed sharing laughter.  She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, George Burton (G. B.) and Kenneth Horne.  Marjorie leaves behind, to cherish her memory, two daughters, Linda Clarke and husband, Richard, of Cleveland, Georgia, and Dianne Ferguson and husband, Ron, of Newcastle, Oklahoma, nieces, a nephew, and a host of stepchildren, step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren.   We would like to extend our personal thanks to Phillip Palmer, M. D., for his care and personal follow-ups on Marjorie and to the staff and nurses at Lifeline Home Health and Hospice for their years of conscientious, loving care.

Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 19, 2021 at Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Newcastle.  Interment will follow in Resthaven Memory Gardens in Oklahoma City.  A viewing will be held at Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard on Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.  In lieu of flowers, please donate a similar amount to a church or charity of your choice.  Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard.  Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.