April 18, 2024
Mark David “Little Brother” Hickman, 54, of Ashland, Ky, formerly of Louisa, Ky finished his race and journeyed home Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Mark was born August 1, 1969 in Louisa, Ky a son of the late Donald Willis and Mary Ann McCormick Hickman. He was an old school cartoon fan and an even bigger WWE fan. He is preceded in death in addition to his parents by his lifelong companion, a weiner dog named Danny Boy, a special nephew Donnie Hickman and two brothers Lafe Edward Hickman and Donald Ray Hickman. He is survived by his brother Bob Hickman of Ashland, Ky, three nieces Hannah Hickman of Ashland, Ky, Brittany Hickman of Ashland, Ky, and Gracie Hickman of Vermont, a great-niece Kira Robinson of Ashland, Ky, an honorary sister Cathy J. Lazear of Ashland, Ky, a sister Minnie Kay Simpkins of Meads Branch, Ky, two nephews Donald and David Pridemore of Ky, and a host of extended nieces and nephews. Services for Mark will be conducted Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 1pm at the Lazear Funeral Home in Ashland by Chaplain Jimm Smedley and Pastor Lee Jackson with burial to follow in Yatesville Memorial Gardens with his mom and dad. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 5 to 7 pm. Bob and Hannah would like to thank and extend their gratitude for the level of care Cabell Huntington Hospital’s Surgical Intensive Care Unit’s nurses provided to Mark. With a special thank you to Rachel Jeffrey, RN, Jennifer Majher, RN, and Daniel Littleton, RN, for everything they did for Mark and us through his time there. The family asks those in attendance to wear blue and yellow in support of Down Syndrome Awareness. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Lazear Funeral Home of Ashland.
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