Robert Heston Hicks Obituary. Published by the Tampa Bay Times on Oct
26, 2020, page A17. Robert Heston Hicks of Tampa passed away October 22,
2020 with his wife at his side. He was born in Philadelphia August 12, 1932
to Harry Heston and Mary Mayer Hicks. He attended Sarasota High School and
graduated from Florida State University where he met his wife, Mary. He
founded Hicks Advertising Group and served as president of the Tampa Ad
Federation. Bob won the 1974 and 1978 gold medals in the U.S. Senior
Olympics in the rope climb and still rings. He attended FSU on a gymnastics
scholarship and was team captain when FSU placed first in the NCAA and AAU.
He set the state AAU record in the rope climb at 3.9 seconds. He served in
the U.S. Air Force in Korea. "I never heard him utter an unfriendly or
cross word. Decency and decorum were his calling cards always and it is sad
to reflect that such a kindly man is lost to us," wrote friend and neighbor
Jim Carlstedt. Bob Is survived by his college sweetheart and love of his
life, Mary; his brother, Richard (Jane); sons, Raymond (Catherine) and Jeff
(Brenda); daughters, Dee Dee (Rich) and Lauren; grandchildren, Josh
(Anndrea), Abbey (Chris), T.R. and Kendall Bopp, Maria and Isabella
Larcomb, and Mary Amelia Hicks; great-grandchildren, Ella Dohring, Brooks,
Davis and Truett Ahern; and extended family.
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