Sonny loved life and was always there to lend a helping hand. He was an avid boater on the Chesapeake Bay, finding joy and peace on the water. He also enjoyed traveling both locally and internationally, exploring new places and experiencing different cultures. Sonny was a dedicated owner of HB Contractors, a commercial construction company he successfully operated for over 20 years in the Baltimore area.
Sonny was the beloved husband of 53 years to the late Wilda Amy Bickford; devoted father of Pamela Amoss and her husband Benjamin; loving grandfather of Benjamin “Bud” H. Amoss III; dear brother of Elaine V. Vanhoff, Donna L. Hellman, Joann E. Taylor, and Roger M. Bickford; caring uncle of Cheryl Ingram, Ricky Beshore, Mike Hellman, Karen O’Donnell, Donna Taylor- Conner, Joseph Taylor, Robert Taylor, Wade Bickford, Wesley Bickford, Theresa Frankian, Shelly Canapp, Michael Thomas, Sheri Moore, Dale Pickett, Jr., and Tim Pickett, Jessica Pickett, Jennifer Pickett, and David Isennock, and the late John Schneider, and Ronald Schneider.
A visitation for Sonny will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm at Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley, Inc., 10 West Padonia Road (at York Road), Timonium, Maryland 21093 where a funeral service will occur Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 11am.
Interment to follow at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, 200 E Padonia Road, Timonium, Maryland 21093.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be directed in Sonny’s memory to The Baltimore County Professional Fire Fighters Association, 52 Scott Adam Road, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030 and/or American Heart Association, PO Box 840692, Dallas, Texas 75284-0692.