Mary Hickerson

Mary Lillian Hickerson, 93, died February 19, 2010, at Homewood, a nursing home in Williamsport, MD. She was born October 17, 1916, in the family home, Locust Valley Farm, in Glenn Dale, MD, to Warren and Lillian Rifenbark. After 25 years of service, she retired from Suburban Trust Company, now a part of Bank of America. After moving to Ft. Pierce, FL, in 1981, she joined the Pink Ladies Auxilians of Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, FL. In 1996, she moved from Florida to Walkersville, MD. She was married 54 years to her late husband, Wilford Clifton Hickerson, Sr. She was the loving mother of Beverly Mary Powell of Clear Spring, MD, Wilford Clifton Hickerson, Jr. of Egg Harbor Twp, NJ, Sandra Lee Kane of Leesburg, VA, and Wayne Thomas Hickerson of Hagerstown, MD; grandmother of Paulette Laing, Elaine Stevenson, Norma Byron, Diana Noble, Nancy Hempstead, Roger Powell, Neil Powell, Curtis Birley, Darlene Morrison, Clifton Birley, Dana Pollard, Cathy Braun, Robert Hickerson, Jennifer Meyers, Kim Hickerson-Luhn and Shannon Sanford; sister of Pauline Walker of Concord, NC, Ruth Beall of Mechanicsville, MD, Rose Beyer of Huntersville, NC, and Betty Rector of Ft. Pierce, FL. She is also survived by 41 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, June La Verne Pollard and her brothers, Charles, Warren and Archie Rifenbark. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Mary's Life Celebration at Gasch's Funeral Home, P.A., 4739 Baltimore Aveenue, Hyattsville, MD on Thursday, February 25 from 6:30 to 9 pm, with prayers at 8:30 pm, and for Funeral services on Friday, February 26 at 11:30 am, followed by interment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate consideration of donations to the Arthritis Foundation of Maryland or the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.