Mae Hickam

On July 12, 2011, Mae Kendall Hickam was welcomed into heaven by the Saviour she so faithfully served. She was born September 1, 1924, in the tiny community of Pleasant Valley, Virginia, to Thomas Lee and Nannie Ethel Kendall, the fourth of ten children. She married Kyle Fairfax Hickam in 1942, and traveled the country with him as he served in the Army Air Corps. From the birth of her first child, her career was taking care of her three children, home, garden, and involvement in her church. After returning to school, she reentered the workforce and retired in 1990 as assistant to Ken Klehm, then the Chief Financial Officer of American Fidelity Assurance. She thoroughly enjoyed retirement until the ravages of Parkinson’s disease began. She was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Kyle Fairfax Hickam, and 4 brothers, Murry, Milton, Melvin, and Marvin Kendall. She is survived by 3 sisters, Mildred Wall of Greensboro, NC, Mary Joanne Yeatts and husband, Ira, of Chatham, Virginia, and Mona Clark of Richmond, Virginia, and two brothers, Marshall Kendall and wife, Barbara, of Blairs, Virginia, and Max Kendall and wife, Rachel, of Axton, Virginia. Also her three devoted daughters and sons-in-love, Carolyn Stewart and husband, Alan, of Dallas, Texas, Denise White and husband David, of Goshen, Kentucky, and Lee Sabolich and husband, John, of Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, Scott Sabolich and wife, Devin, Kim Stewart and husband Justin, Brian Sabolich and wife Maike, Laura Sabolich, and Addison White, as well as 6 great-grandchildren.

A special thanks to those who cared for Mom in her later years at the Baptist Village, Bellevue Health Center, Mercy Hospice, especially Suzanne, Rowe, and caregiver, Tammy Newport. Services will be held Friday, at 2 p.m., at Crossings Community Church, OKC, OK 73162. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Adams Care Fund, Baptist Village, 9700 Mashburn Blvd., OKC, OK 73162, to help the elderly who cannot afford care and housing, or the charity of your choice.

Proverbs 31:30 – Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Arrangements under the direction of Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Directors, Oklahoma City, OK.