Class of 1956
1956 Maroon Spotlight
Earl Hicks
F.F.A. 53-55, Football 54-56, Wrestling 53-54, Honorable Mention All District Football Team 55-56.
1956 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Earl Dean Hicks, 17, has played football three years, and has won two letters. He also has participated in wrestling and Future Farmers of America. Earl, 17, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hicks, route 4, Perry. He was born July 25, 1938, in Carnegie, Caddo county, and came to Noble county with his family in 1949. He attended Jefferson grade school in Stillwater. Hicks was a member of the FFA judging team last year. His favorite subject is mathematics, and he enjoys tinkering with cars as a hobby. He plans to major in petroleum engineering at Tulsa university.
Earl Dean Hicks
July 25, 1938 – March 17, 2019
Earl Dean Hicks, 80, a long-time resident of Perry, Oklahoma, passed away on March 17, 2019, at Stillwater Medical Center at Perry following a brief illness.
Hicks, the youngest of 11 children of Ervine P. and Edna Hicks, was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, July 25, 1938. The family moved to the Perry area in about 1947. Earl attended Perry Public Schools from the third grade until high school graduation in 1956.
He married Roberta Ann Myers of Sumner, Oklahoma on July 19, 1957. She preceded him in death in 2013.
He then attended Tulsa University and Oklahoma State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree. He was the recipient of a National Academy of Science award that allowed him to earn his master’s degree in Math and Physics from the University of Oklahoma. He began his first career as an instructor for Perry Public Schools where he taught for 30 years in areas of math, physics, and computer science. He is thought to have taught more than 2,000 Perry students over his career.
Following retirement from teaching, he worked in the Perry City Offices as an administrative aide from May 26, 1987 until June 25, 2006.
He had been a member of the Perry Memorial Hospital Board of Directors. Earl was currently serving on Perry City Council to a seat to which he was appointed to February 6, 2018. He was preparing to start a new 4-year term, running unopposed for election. He previously served a term on the City Council from Nov. 19, 1984 through April 20, 1987.
The couple had three children: Tracy Hicks, of Marland; Rodney Hicks, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, and Lisa Ann Hicks Berger, of Oklahoma City. Two granddaughters: Jessica Hicks-Malan, Tulsa, and Lindsey Berger, Oklahoma City; and one great granddaughter, Addison Hicks, of Tulsa.
A funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, at First Baptist Church in Perry, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Perry High School Alumni Fund, Perry, Oklahoma.