Linda Burgess Hicks

Linda Burgess Hicks, age 78, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Born March 24, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Dean Burgess and Hallie House Burgess. She is predeceased by her brother, Steve Burgess and her niece, Christi Burgess Viverette.

Linda was a faithful lifetime member of Avalon Baptist Church and dearly loved her church family! She was very active in the WMU, sang in the choir, loved her special friends in the ladies Sunday school class and was always willing to help others and serve the Lord to be a witness for Him.

Family was everything to her and her House and Burgess family, as well as the Hicks family held a special place in her heart and she always cherished every family gathering or talk she had with them.

Linda leaves behind for her precious family that she loved so much a legacy of love, strength, and faithfulness. Being a wife, mother, and grandmother were her greatest blessings.

Linda leaves behind to cherish her memory until we see her again in Heaven her husband of 59 years, whom she loved and admired Melvin Bess Hicks, Sr., her daughters, Julie Hicks Hathaway and husband, Bobby of Greenville, SC, and Alison Hicks Bradley and husband, Dave of Nashville, NC, and her son Melvin Bess Hicks, Jr. and wife, Jennifer of Rocky Mount. She is also survived by her grandson Braxton Hicks, who was more like her own son and their bond was a special kind of love, her granddaughters, Kelli Whitley and husband, Dakota, and Amber Pierce and husband, Alex, as well as her grandsons, Brandon Hathaway, Elias Hicks, Carter Hicks and Ethan Hathaway, Erica and Daisey Bradley. Her sister, Cindy Davis of Nashville, NC whom she loved with all her heart; and niece, Brandy Harris and family of Charlotte, NC.

A Funeral Service to celebrate the wonderful, strong, brave Christian woman Linda was, will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Joe Price officiating. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM prior to the service in the Atrium of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Linda’s memory to Avalon Baptist Church, P.O. Box 910, Battleboro, NC 27809.

Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.