Ella Jane Daney Hicks, 90, widow of Jessie "Mossie" Hicks, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at Windsor Manor Nursing Facility in Silver.
Born April 17, 1924, in the Cypress Fork section of Clarendon County, "Missie" was a daughter of the late John Roland and Dollie Williams Daney. She attended Clarendon County public schools and was licensed as a midwife. She joined Cypress Fork AME Church in Alcolu at an early age, and was an active member. In 1944, she moved her membership to Bethel AME Church in Manning, where she served as a stewardess, president of the Women's Missionary Society, a member of the lay organization and sang with the choir.
She was also a member of New Light Chapter No. 254 Order of the Eastern Star and the YW and YMCA Lodge No. 2. She was employed as a midwife under the supervision of the late Dotty McFadden and she was a homemaker. She retired as a midwife with honors on Oct. 1, 1979, after 34 years of service with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Survivors include a son, Willie Lee (Evone) Daney Sr. of Manning; two daughters, Catherine Daney-Robinson and Annie Mae (Sammie) Dingle of Manning; grandchildren she raised, Ricky Hicks of the home and Jessie Mae Hicks of Charlotte, N.C.; grandchildren, Private 1st Class Jamal Robinson, Keith (Melissa) Dingle, the Rev. Antonio (Latoya) Dingle and Willie Lee Dingle Jr., all of Manning, and Sammie (Monica) Dingle Jr. of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Beulah Patterson of Suffolk, Va, and Beatrice Walker of Dillon; a sister-in-law, Daisy Johnson of Washington, D.C.; and 16 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mildred Burgess and Ellawease Hicks; three brothers, O'Donald, Mozell and George Roland Daney; and two grandchildren, Loretta Hicks and Yvette Daney.
New Light OES Chapter 254 rites will be held today at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning.
Public viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home
The celebratory services for Ella Jane Daney Hicks will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, at Trinity AME Church, 59 Rigby St. in Manning, with the Rev. Malachi Gibson, pastor, the Rev. Dr. Leroy Green officiating, the Rev. Aaron S. Davis presiding, and the Rev. Ramsey McFadden and the Rev. Rufus Gaymon assisting. Burial will follow in the Bethel AME Church Cemetery in Manning.
Mrs. Hicks will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.
The family will receive friends at the home, 1124 Allen Road in Manning.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
