- Date Of Birth: March 17, 1945
- Date Of Death: June 18, 2021
- State: Arkansas
James Richard Hancock, Jr., 76, of Concord, Arkansas, departed this life on Friday, June 18, 2021 at his home.
He was born in Paducah, Kentucky on March 17, 1945, to James Richard Hancock, Sr. and Anna May Leidicker. He married Janice Collins on April 8, 1983, in Memphis, Tennessee and together they enjoyed over thirty-eight years of marriage.
Richard attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. During his working years he was a computer programmer.
He was a avid pilot and loved to fly ultralight planes and enjoyed parachuting. He was a loving and caring man who was devoted to his wife, Janice. All through their marriage they were highly dependent upon each another.
Richard was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church in Concord, Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife, Janice, of the home; sons, James Richard Hancock, III (Lee Ann) of Pinson, Tennessee, and Tommy Dunn, Jr. (Marcia) of Inverness, Florida, his daughter, elRonda Dickens, (Vernon) of Mountain View; three brothers, Joe Hancock, (Phyllis) of Tupelo, Mississippi, John Hancock (Jackie) of Paducah, Kentucky, and Jerry Hancock, of Paducah, Kentucky; his sister, Linda Lindsey, of Paducah, Kentucky, five grandchildren, Jessica, Dylan, Matthew, Joshua, and Jacob; three great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Rebecca Harrison.
