Clara Mae Slocum was born on 24 February 1914 at Sedalia, MO.. She was the daughter of Arthur Slocum and Genevieve Housel. She married Hollis Gayle Hickman, son of William Asbury Hickman and Rosa Grant, on 7 September 1934 at Pettis Co, MO..2 She died on 6 November 2006 at age 92. She was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, MO..