Burl Hickey, Jr

Hartsville, S.C. Family only Funeral services for Burl Alvin Hickey, Jr. age 80, will be held Saturday at 3:00 at the Darlington Memory Gardens directed by Norton Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Short will officiate. Entombment will be in the Darlington Memory Gardens Mausoleum. A publicVisitation will be 1:30 2:30 pm at the Funeral Home before going to the cemetery. Burl was born in Knoxville, TN a son of the late Burl Alvin Hickey, Sr. and Blandean French Hickey. He attended the University of Tennessee and retired from Sonoco Products Company after 42 years of service and a member of the Old Timers Club. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was a member of the Hartsville Masonic Lodge No. 173. Burl enjoyed Tennessee Volunteer football, remote controlled aircraft and spending time with his grandchildren. Surviving are his wife, Sue Bingham Hickey, Hartsville; one daughter, Linda (Cleve) OQuinn, Hanahan; two sons, Michael (Delores) Hickey, Hartsville; Greg (Lea) Hickey, Hartsville; six grandchildren, Kaitlin (Chase) Hughes, Meredith Hickey, Lynn Hickey, Jesse OQuinn, Ethan Hickey and Mary Ellyn Hickey and a special friend, Justin Cox. Memorials may be made to Experimental Aircraft Association, www.eaa.org or McLeod Hospice, 1203 E. Cheves St. Florence, S.C. 29506. Norton Funeral Home is honored to serve the Hickey family. www.nortonfh.net