Harry Lee Hix of Dickens, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 17, 2014.
Lee was born May 4, 1929 in Coweta, Oklahoma to Charlie Clifford and Mary Mae Hix, and attended school in Sterling, Oklahoma. After working in the oil fields of New Mexico, Lee moved to Spur, Texas in 1948 and began working as a roughneck. He married Bobbie Ruth "Honey" Atkinson in 1948, continued his career in the oil field, and later moved to Oklahoma in 1950, living in Marlow and Kingfisher. After 30 years in the oil field, Lee retired as Vice-President of A. and P. Drilling Company in 1985. In 1992 he and Bobbie moved to Dickens, Texas. While in Dickens, Lee cowboyed for local ranches until an accident made him unable to cowboy any longer. Lee loved to tell tales of "the good old days," reliving the days of team roping with friends and family in Kingfisher. Lee became a Christian and was baptized at Oak Street Baptist Church in Kingfisher; he loved the Lord, His church, and witnessing to others about what the Lord has done for him and his family.
Lee was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Mary Hix, one brother, Charlie Hix, and a niece, Charlotte Rust.
He is survived by Bobbie, his wife of 65 years, daughters, Sue Raby of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Sandra Kay Ross and husband, Phil, of Warner, Oklahoma, Patsy Jayne Kinzie and husband, Winfrey, of Perkins, Oklahoma, 6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Services for Lee will be Monday, January 20, 2014 at Dickens Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. with James Sain and Jesse Gillham officiating. Interment will follow at the Dickens Cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews, Palmer Gibson and Chris Atkinson, and grandsons, Jimmy Kraus, Bradlee Ross, Blaine Ross, and Kirk Kinzie. Honorary pall bearers are Billy George Drennan, Wayne Smith, Cristol Swaringen and Harland Hackett.
Memorial contributions may be made to North Dickens Senior Citizens Center, 511 Montgomery Dickens, Texas 79229. Services are under the direction of Zapata Funeral Home.
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