Dorris Ottis HICKS
1922 - 2005 (82 years) 
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Name Dorris Ottis HICKS Born 14 Nov 1922 Gibson, Indiana, USA 
Gender Male Died 8 Jul 2005 Lebanon, Indiana, USA Age 82 years Buried Oakhill Cemetery, Lebanon, Boone, Indiana, USA Person ID I4488 The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree Last Modified 14 May 2012
Father Elza Bayard HICKS, b. 24 Dec 1892, Pike, Indiana, USA , d. 26 Jul 1959, Boone, Indiana, USA (Age 66 years) Mother Eva Gertrude CATT, b. 27 Jan 1893, Pike, Indiana, USA , d. 7 Jun 1983, Marion, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 90 years) Married 5 Nov 1913 Pike, Indiana, USA Family ID F9747 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lillian Mae LUMSDEN, b. 16 Jan 1927, Posey, Indiana, USA , d. 25 Jan 2010, Lebanon, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years) Married 25 Aug 1946 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Children 1. Jerry Alan HICKS, b. 13 May 1951, d. 29 Jan 1990, Lebanon, Indiana, USA (Age 38 years)Last Modified 14 May 2012 Family ID F10403 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Injured Deaf Mute Recovering
Lebanon, Ind. (Spl) — A 33-year-old deaf mute, who lost his voice in infancy and the use of his "talking hand" in a farm accident last August, is slowly making a courageous recovery in the Witham Memorial Hospital at Lebanon.
Dorris O. Hicks, Lebanon farmer, was pulled into a hay bailer on his 160-acre Boone County farm while trying to adjust the machine.
HIS RIGHT arm was broken in several places, the upper half of his body was covered with deep cuts and his left hand was severely cut.
To a deaf mute, the right hand is the means of communication and Hicks was unable to talk to his wife who also is a deaf mute.
HOWEVER, hospital attendants who say Hicks is one of the best patients they have ever had, is making swift progress learning to talk with his left hand. The left hand symbols are backward but Mr. And Mrs. Hicks are developing a system of communication that is working out well.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks have three children, Dorrin, 8; Jerry, 4, and Janet Rose, 6 months, all of them able to speak and hear.
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