ickman Barbara Louellen “Barb” Hickman, 87, of Fairview, Mo. passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025, at Select Specialty Hospital – Springfield in Springfield, Mo.

She was born March 30, 1937, in Casa Grande, Ariz., the daughter of Percy and Theresa (Ferguson) Payne, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death was her son-in-law, Robert Dean.

Survivors include her husband, L.C. Hickman; her son, Bill Hickman and his wife Rita of Cassville, Mo.; daughter, Danita Dean of Fayetteville, Ark.; brother, Daniel Payne of Elk City, Kan.; three sisters, Loretta Rose and her husband Vernon of Edmond, Okla., Roberta Morrison and her husband Kenneth of Woodward, Okla., and Theresa Faddis and her husband Tom of Pineville, Mo.; two grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.

She graduated from Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark. in 1954 then attended Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Okla. for one year. She and L.C. owned and operated The Red Bandana Diner in Centerton, Ark. for several years before she went to work for the Walmart home office in the jewelry division from where she retired in 2002. She was on the Garfield Arkansas School Reunion Committee and also served as secretary for The Wheaton Historical Society and Depot Museum for several years. She was the pianist and a member at First Baptist Church in Centerton, Ark. for many years, First Baptist Church in Wheaton for a few years and then at Wheaton Southern Baptist Church for several years.

Funeral services were held Saturday, January 18, 2025 at Wheaton Southern Baptist Church in Wheaton, Mo., under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Pastor Paul Wahlert and Pastor Mark Hall conducted the service.

Contributions may be made to Wheaton Southern Baptist Church in memory of Barb.