Hicks and Hicks

 

we watched a video of a cemetery tour of the Milford Baptist Church by Marietta Museum of History’s Christa and Amy. They pointed out details one might not know to look for or consider while looking at grave tombstones.

Milford Church Cemetery is on Milford Church Road near Milford and Austell Roads. And they mentioned that Hicks Road is just round the corner.

How well do I know Hicks Road. After we were married, we lived near the Corner of Hicks and Hurt Roads for seven years.

About fourteen or fifteen years before marriage I was in Boy Scout Troop 132, which was sponsored by Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church.

We camped out a lot. One of the places we camped out was in a patch of woods off of Hick’s Road. The property belonged to the parents of one the scouts in the troop. They were from up north and belonged to Saint Joseph’.

We did what Scouts do. Build a big bond fire and sit around and tell scary ghost stories. There were also talking about talking the rookie scouts Snipe Hunting (Snipe is an imaginary bird, very reclusive)

While telling ghost stories we heard some strange hoots and hollering and even screams. Something wasn’t right. The adult leaders had a quick serious conference. Then around us thrown came rocks, sticks, limbs, dirt clogs, hitting us. This was getting serious.

The Scout leaders somehow, disappeared in the woods and jumped the three local country boys “just having a little fun.” The men physically took their car keys from them. Our leaders was about to send a scout up to the house and call the Cobb County Police but the red necks said they were really sorry, apologized and said if thy were let go they would not do that again.

They were let go. They stayed away. They learned their lesson.

More about Hicks Road. I worked Sinclair Refining Company for three years. I got to know one of the truck drivers who drove Sinclair Products from Alabama to our warehouse. His last name was Hicks. He lived on Hicks Road in an older house, next door to is mother, living in even an older house. The road was named after his family.

In more recent times, I noticed the two old Hicks houses were no longer there.