Ira Mai Hicks Balthrop
Ira Mai Hicks Balthrop, 89, of Clarksville, TN, died Saturday April 23, 2011 at Gateway Medical Center.
Services will be held Thursday April 28, 2011 at 2 PM at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Chapel with Rev. Steven Louder and Rev. E.G. Sims officiating.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the hour of the service. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Ms. Balthrop was born December 2, 1921 in Clarksville, TN, daughter of the late Raymond S. Hicks, Sr. and Ellie Catherine McElvoy Hicks. She was a retired insurance agent with State Farm and was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include a son, David Balthrop (Donna); two daughters, Cathy Balthrop Downs (Max); and Susan Balthrop Teague (Raymond); two brothers, Raymond Hicks, Jr. (Katherine); and James Hicks (Sarah); all of Clarksville; three sisters, Johnnie Hicks Thomas, Clarksville; Eloise Hicks Phillips, South Carolina; and Margaret Hicks Ashford, TX; grandchildren: John David Balthrop, Florida; Kevin Downs (Martha), North Dakota; Kelly Downs (Jennifer), Jennifer Teague, Samantha Chester (Mark), and Morgan Zumbro (Jesse), all of Clarksville; great-grandchildren: Andrew and Ali Downs; Shane Cardwell, and Emma Chester; a great-great-grandchild, Peyton Zumbro; and caregiver, Sherry Jones.
Pallbearers will be Kelly Downs, Mark Chester, Shane Cardwell, Jesse Zumbro, John David Balthrop, Max Downs, Raymond Teague, and Raymond Hicks, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Phillips, Pete Schmittou, Carl Masters, Kenny Hicks, Raymond Hicks III, Jimmy Maddox, Chip Whitaker, Mike Murphree, and Ed Sneed, Jr.
Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.