We are sad to announce that on November 28, 2023, at the age of 85, Leota Joyce Hembree Hicks of Carrie, Kentucky, born in Berea, Kentucky passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Walter Glen Hembree and Rosie Coffey Hembree; her daughter Sharon Kay Hicks; her granddaughters, Julia Carleen Prater and Taylor SmithInfant; and her great grandchildren, Rhyatt HicksParents, Walter Hembree, Rosie Coffey HembreeSisters, Doris Cox, Lois KammerBrothers, Glendal Hembree, Kenneth Hembree and J. T. Hembree.

She is survived by : her husband Curt Hicks; her children, Curt Junior Hicks (Brenda), Anthony Dale Hicks (Kim), Ronald Wayne Hicks (Donita), Sherri Fisher (Terry), Sheila Mae Allen (Lewis), Sharlene Johnson and Darlene Hicks; her grandchildren, Curtis Wayne Hicks, Dustin Ray Hicks (Desirae), Wade Prater, Joseph Dale Hicks (Jessica), Mark, Tiffany Shae Johnson (Jarred Hall), Leota Mariea Fugate (Arnold), Tabitha Ritchie and Brandy Wine; her great grandchildren, Rhyker H., Reed Hicks, Rayne Hicks, Madison Hicks, Hunter Hicks, Haylee Hicks and McKenzie; and her brothers-in-law, Curlis HicksSisters (Bonnie Hembree) and Kappie Stacy Hicks (Faye HicksHost).

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Hindman Funeral Services Inc