Patricia Ann Hickman, daughter of Lewis Jackson and Mary Ann Currier- Davis Hickman was born September 15, 1946 at Amarillo, TX. She traveled the road to her heavenly home on December 24, 2020 at Elk City, OK at the age of 74.
Pat grew up in Amarillo and San Antonio, TX where she attended McArthur High School thru her Junior year, and would later go on to earn her G.E.D. She received her truck driver’s certification from CRST truck driving school in Oklahoma City, OK and began a career in the oilfield as a truck driver.
Pat had several meaningful relationships in her life, but it was her marriage to Leland Dow Lilley in 1975 that would bless Pat with two children, son Raymond Lewis and daughter LaNyska Marquette. She lived in many places including Leedey, OK, LaVernia, TX, Arapaho, OK, Clinton, OK, and finally Elk City, OK. In addition to being behind the wheel of a big rig, Pat was a homemaker. Her special interest and hobbies included drag racing, shooting sports and NRA membership, playing pool, mowing lawns and anything involving cars and trucks. Pat attended the Red Star Brethren in Christ Church at Leedey, OK and the Moorewood Baptist Church at Moorewood, OK. She was baptized in the Baptist faith at the age of 16 in San Antonio, TX and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Mary Ann Hickman, two brothers, Edward Lee and Charles Eugene Hickman and two grandchildren, Raymond Dow and Kelsey Dawn Lilley.
She is survived by son Raymond Lewis Lilley of Burns Flat, OK; daughter LaNyska M. Fairchild and husband Scot of Weatherford, OK; brother Jack Hickman and wife Kim of Oklahoma City, OK; sister Nora Koch and husband Boyd of Strong City, OK; seven grandchildren Rena Leigh Lilley, Justin Wade Averill, Mackenzie Glover, Corianne R. Scott and husband Dylan of Foss, OK, Riley Fairchild, Magen Fairchild and Michael Fairchild; one great grandson Owen Wade Scott; numerous aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, other family and a host of friends.
Graveside services were conducted on Thursday, December 31, at 2:00 PM at the Red Star Cemetery near Leedey, OK. Memorial donations may be made to Red Star Cemetery or the Red Star Brethren in Christ Church, c/o Shaw Funeral Home, P.O. Box 276, Vici, OK 73859.