He was a welder.
Michael was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include a son: Michael Hicks Jr.; brother: Jeff Hicks; step-mother: Norma Hicks; and caregivers: Shirley Dean, Jeffrey Johnson, and Roy and Donna Johnson.
He was preceded in death by his wife: Catherine Diane Hicks; parents: Quentin and Jewel Richardson Hicks; brother: Ricky Hicks; and grandparents: Dewey and Mae Hicks and James and Myrtle Richardson.
The family will receive friends 1-2 p.m. Thursday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Danny Ricker and Rev. Clarence Gammill officiating.
Interment will follow in Burnett’s Chapel Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jeff Hicks, Zackery Hicks, Roy Johnson, Jeffrey Johnson, Charles Holbrook, and Chuck Foster.
