It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mary Jo Hicks of Southern Pines, North Carolina, born in Statesboro, Georgia, who passed away at the age of 83, on May 15, 2021. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Joe Clark Hodges and Mary Laura Blackburn Hodges; and her husband Jesse Ray "Tom" Faulkner. She is survived by : her children, Tommy Faulkner (Betsy) of Pinehurst and Mary Sue Faulkner of Southern Pines; her grandchildren, Jesse Ray Faulkner, III and Leslie Morse (Seth); her great grandchild Franklin Ray Morse; her brother Wendell Hodges (Mimi); her nephews, Brian (Sarah) and Scott Hodges (Allison); her great-nephews, Ben, Thomas, Samuel and Johnny; her great-niece Mary Laura; her stepchildren, Kathy Sanford (Davis), Mary Ellen Piland (Jim), Ann Ryder and William Earl "Bill" Hicks, II; her stepgrandchildren, John McDonald (Stephanie), Dan McDonald (Alyce), Jared Piland (Amy), Will Piland, Suzanne Christiana (Matthew) and Tommy Meares (Nicole); her stepgreat-grandchildren, Kayla McDonald, Ayden McDonald, Jameson, Whitton Piland, Ella, Jake Christiana, Aurelia and Everly Meares; her stepsister Jean Hicks; her siblings-in-law, Hyman Leroy Faulkner (Viola) and Sue Horne (David); her nieces and nephews, Tim Faulkner (Kelly), Ben Faulkner (Chrissy), Kent Little, Randy Brauner (Dawn), Hal Pilgreen (Sue), Donna Hudson and Allyson Pilgreen; and her great-nieces and great-nephews, Luke, Andrew, Carson, Kevin, Brittany, Leighton and Lydia. She is also survived by loving mother to her children.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Southern Pines United Methodist Church, 175 Midland Rd., Southern Pines, NC 28387.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory