Emogene "Jean" Hawkins Hickok, 83, wife of Lawrence Hickok, passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Oconee Medical Center in Seneca, South Carolina.

A native of Nicholas Co. she was born December 16, 1930, was a retired teacher and was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a Masters in Education. Jean loved playing bridge with friends, shopping, reading a good book and volunteering her time to the food bank.

Other survivors include her children, William E. Pearson, III, Joe Pearson, Anne Winfield, Valerie, McLaughlin, Cindy Girone & Laura Evans, her brothers and sisters, Gayle Kelley, Kurt Kelley, Donna Reed, Malinda Tassiga, Diana Herrington, Pat Herald and Phyllis Hammond, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and also many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death was her mother Evelyn Farris Kelley, a brother Dennis "Dugan" Kelly and 2 sisters, Lois Carol Caswell and Bonnie Kay Morris.

Services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at Mathers-Gaunce F.H. by Rev. James Doughton. Burial will follow in the Longview Cemetery at Bethel.

Visitation is from 7:00-9:00 P.M. Tuesday.