Martha Clydena Lathem HICKS

McMinnville resident and Cherokee County, Georgia native Martha Clydena Lathem Hicks, age 63, was born December 27, 1942 and died September 23, 2006 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness.  A homemaker and a member of the McMinnville Independent Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Erastus and Ruby Edwards Lathem.  She was married April 10, 1965 to Homer Abb Hicks of McMinnville.  In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children and their spouses, Robert Hicks, Cindy and Chris Kropff and Dwayne Hicks all of McMinnville and Wanda and Freddie Tippens of Austell, GA;  nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren;  two sisters and brother-in-law, Jackie and James Hawkins of Florida and Wynell Donalson of Georgia;  brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Connie and Beuna Lathem of Georgia and several nieces and nephews.  Funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at McMinnville Independent Baptist Church with Dr. Garland Odom and Rev. Johnny Haston officiating.  Burial followed in the Morrison Cemetery.