- Date Of Birth: January 25, 2016
- Date Of Death: February 20, 2016
- State: Georgia
John Crawford Hicks II was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 25, 1926 and passed away after a lengthy illness on February 20, 2016 at home in Shreveport, Louisiana. Crawford was the son of William Oscar and Beulah Weaks Hicks who both died in his early childhood. He was reared by his aunt, Ada Hicks Hall and her husband, Bruce. He grew up in Decatur, Georgia and graduated from Decatur Boys High School.
At age seventeen, Crawford enlisted in the US Navy and served as a naval aviation radioman during World War II. After his discharge, he attended the University of Georgia in Athens where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He graduated from the University of Georgia Atlanta campus and began a career in sales in Atlanta.
In 1952, Crawford married Nancy Janet Harber of Commerce, GA. His career brought the family to Shreveport in 1967.
