Barbara Hickson

Barbara Elizabeth Hickson, of Diamondhead, MS, passed away peacefully in her home on Satruday, April 11, 2020. Barbara was 83 years old. She was born in Port Said, Egypt during WWII to British parents (her father was in the British Army). The family returned to England when she was 8 years old and after high school, Barbara became a bookkeeper for a local bakery. In 1957 while attending a dance with her sisters, at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, she met and fell in love with her husband of almost 60 years. Captain John Hickson (Merchant Marines).  They had four children, and in 1977 they moved to America.  Barbara enjoyed gardening, cooking, and raising her children. She will be dearly missed by her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Hilda Johnson; brother, Terry Johnson; and two sisters, Daphne Cheetham and Dorothy Faulkner.

Barbara is survived by her husband, Captain John Hickson; her children, Julie Hickson, Diane Breland (Roger), John E. Hickson (Kim), and Susan Loper (James); six grandchildren, Katie, Sarah, Bayli, Benjamin, Blake, and Taylor; one great-grandchild, Elliot; sister, Audrey Wareing; along with many nieces and nephews.