{"id":40186,"date":"2026-06-10T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40186"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:57:47","slug":"jimmie-leroy-hickman-75-of-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/40186-jimmie-leroy-hickman-75-of-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie Leroy Hickman (75) of Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jimmie Leroy Hickman, 75, of Effingham, Illinois, passed away Friday, May 15, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He was a man of many skills who lived many lives.\u00a0 He was born and raised in Effingham County, which is where he resided until he was called to serve his country.\u00a0 He served proudly in the United States Navy with two tours in the Vietnam War.\u00a0 After returning home, he developed a love for music and the outdoors.\u00a0 He spent many years roaming the country, eventually settling down in Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0 If he wasn&#8217;t working, or on one of his long nature walks, you could find him writing lyrics and creating music.\u00a0 He passed down his love and wisdom of nature and music to his children.\u00a0 Along with other knowledge and morals, his family and friends will carry with them for a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is survived by his sister Cathy Followel, son Steven O&#8217;Brien, daughter Carmen (Hickman) Walker (husband Stacy Walker), son Leroy James Hickman, son Jimmie Jack Hickman, stepdaughter Amelia Sinkler (spouse Josh Lovett), and grandsons Jimmie Jack Jr., and Cooper Ray Hickman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is preceded in death by his parents Cecil Hickman and Madge Hickman along with his siblings and stepdaughter Amy Pontious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The family will hold a private memorial at a later date.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmie died on Friday, May 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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