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Pawleys Island, SC Jackson E. Hicks, PhD died Friday, April 11, 2014. He resided in Kingsport, TN for 33 years before moving to Pawleys Island, SC and maintained a summer home in Brevard, NC for 25 years. He was born 12 December, 1934 in Fruitland Park, FL to the late W. Jackson Hicks and Vivian Peters Hicks. He grew up in Leesburg and Bartow, FL. He graduated from Summerlin Institute in 1953 and worked for the State Road Department before entering the University of FL. He transferred to Erskine College where he received the Reid Chemistry award at graduation. He received the MS in physical/organic chemistry from the University of Virginia and the PhD in analytical chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology where he was a National Science Fellow. Jackson was employed by Westvaco as a summer intern and worked there from 1960 to 1963. He began a 30 year career at Eastman in 1967 and retired April 1, 1997 as corporate director of safety and environmental policy and strategy. While at Eastman he published numerous articles in juried publications in the field of analytical chemistry and presented technical papers at many national scientific meetings. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi National Scientific Society, and American Society for Testing Materials. He was a founding member of the Tennessee State Environmental Working Group and was listed in Who's Who in science. During his Kingsport tenure, Jackson served as president of Cosmopolitan Kiwannis, as president of the Kingsport Symphony Board of Directors, and served on the Kingsport Cultural and Fine Arts Board. He served as a deacon, elder and clerk of session at Kingsport First Presbyterian Church. He was a patron and benefactor of the arts in Kingsport and Brevard and established the Margy Hicks Opera Scholarship Endowment at Brevard Music Center. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Bennett Hicks formerly of Covington, VA; his daughter, Margaret Sargent and her husband Jeffrey Spencer Sargent of Trumbull, CT; two granddaughters, Elizabeth Sargent and Caroline Sargent; sisters- in- law, Ruby Hicks of Greenville, SC; Peggy Hicks of Atlanta, GA; Joyce Parker and husband Marshall Parker of Richmond, VA and Surfside Beach, SC; Marie Taylor and husband Walter Taylor of Myrtle Beach, SC; nieces and nephews, Carol George Heironymus and husband John Heironymus of Chattanooga, TN; Eddie Parker and wife Stacey Parker of Richmond, VA, Shannon Fyfe and husband David Fyfe of Tampa, FL; Baron Medlock, Ben Medlock of Myrtle Beach, SC; and Zane Medlock of Naples, FL; Peggy Joy Hicks of Tampa, FL; and John Hicks of Stone Mountain, GA; Phyllis and Mark Repokis of South Boston, VA. Services will be held Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 11:30 AM at Pawleys Island Presbyterian Church where Jackson was a member. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall. Final interment will be in the Westview Cemetery in Blackburg, VA. Friends wishing to make memorial contributions may make them to the Margy Hicks Scholarship Endowment at Brevard Music Center, PO Box 312, Brevard, NC 28712. An online guestbook is available at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com/obituaries Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

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Jackson Hicks

December 12, 1934 - April 11, 2014