R. Lynden Hickey Jr.

Lyn was born in 1934 on a small farm in Lamar, Arkansas to Ralph and Gertie Hickey. He had

one younger sister, Jan who always adored her big brother. When Lyn was in high school, his

family migrated to Detroit, Michigan so his father could work in the steel mills. Lyn developed a

love for baseball and played on the high school team. He graduated in 1952 and began

working in a TV repair shop in Detroit.

His family was attending the Church of Christ in Detroit, and it was there where he met the love

of his life, Joann Arbuckle. They married in 1953 and had two daughters, Jody and Leatha. In

1962 Lyn began work with RCA, repairing computers, and the company moved his family to

San Antonio, Texas. He had top secret security clearance with the US government because he

would repair computers on air force bases. RCA moved his family to Dallas, back to San

Antonio, then to Houston in 1968. There he left the computer world and developed his own

building maintenance company in the early 1980s. He named this company KL Building

Maintenance, after his two oldest granddaughters … Kimberly and Lettie. Eventually he added

lawn maintenance to this business and was successful for many years until he retired. He

served as a Bible teacher, deacon, and elder at Memorial Church of Christ for many years. He

later moved to Abilene with his daughter Leatha, where he lived until he passed away.

Lyn is preceded in death by his wife, Joann. He is survived by his daughter Jody Nixon and her

husband David of Columbus, Ohio, his daughter Leatha Bailey and her husband Tommy of

Abilene, Texas; his six grandchildren Kimberly (& Matthias) Beyer, Carrie (& Andrew) Lahnovych,

Jonathan Nixon, David (& Christy) Bailey, Sharon (& Ryan) Strand , and Lettie (& Kile) Morrow;

and five great-grandchildren Luke Morrow, Samuel Beyer, Simon Lahnovych, Henry Beyer, and

Fox Strand. He is also survived by his sister Jan (& Pete) McCoy, and his nephew Peter (& Kim)

McCoy and niece Carolyn McCoy.

He will be remembered by his family and friends at Memorial Church of Christ with a family

visitation from 6:30 - 8:00 pm on Friday August 16, and a funeral service at 10:00 on Saturday

August 17, followed by burial at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.