Ovalla Renfro Hicks

A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home 5701 Hwy. 277 S. in Abilene, with Rev. Paul Matta officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive guest for a visitation on Tuesday from 6-8:00 PM also at the funeral home. *Services will be livestreamed use link below*

Ovalla was born on March 17, 1935 in Cross Plains to the late Travis and Lillie (McElroy) Renfro. She moved to Abilene with her family as a child where she later attended Abilene High School. She married Tommy Jones in Abilene where they raised their three children. Always a hard worker she spent a considerable amount of time working for Hines Dry Goods, and then Roberts Body Shop and continued under new ownership when it became Phoenix. Although she worked hard outside of the home, she still devoted herself to her children’s activities such as P.T.A, cub scouts, softball, and other sports. She married a long-time friend and fellow square dancer, Orville Hicks on January 2, 2004; together they enjoyed a beautiful marriage until his passing in 2019. Ovalla was a member of Second Baptist Church where she loved her church family and was a Sunday school teacher. She was also apart of the Wagon Wheel Square Dancers. She will be remembered for her faith, devotion to family, always being on the go, and often putting the needs of others before her own. She moved to Quinlan in 2020 to live with her daughter.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, L.J. Renfro; grandson, Ray Dorrough; and 2 great-granddaughter, Angel Hope Jones, and Sara Cheyenne Dorrough.

She is survived by her sons, Rickey Jones and his wife, Kathy of Abilene, and L.J. Jones and his wife, Becky of Arlington; her daughter, Vi Nita Wells of Quinlan; step sons, Jerry Hicks and his wife Cheryl of Atlanta, GA, and Larry Hicks and his wife, Debbie of New Braunfels; 8 grandchildren, Harley Wells, Travis Hargrove, Chris Hargrove, Casey Jones, Kayla Moore, Rickland Jones, Crystal Jones, and Richard Jones; 22 great-grandchildren; a former husband, Tommy Jones; and numerous other relatives and special friends.