GRACE EUGENE HICKS

Grace Eugene Switzer Hicks, 101, of San Angelo passed away Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Park Plaza Nursing Center. Graveside services will be Tuesday, October 31st at 2:00pm at Lawnhaven Cemetery with Chaplin Jerry Wells of Park Plaza nursing home, officiating. Grace was born December 18, 1904 in Denton, Texas to David P. and Eppie Switzer. Mrs. Hicks came to San Angelo from Eldorado, Arkansas in 1934 with her husband George Purviance. She worked for many years in women's fashion at Maurice Shoppe, Fashion Shoppe, Hollywood Style Shop and Nelsons' and was known by many of her customer's as "Corbin". Grace loved to dance, cook and had a most wicked sense of humor. The sparkle in her brown eyes brought joy to those around her. She was preceded in death by her parents David and Eppie Switzer; sister Vera Switzer; brother Pete Switzer; and a child Monette Purviance Brown. Survivors are daughter Valda Purviance Gibbs of San Angelo; nephew Wayne Porter of Houston; grandchildren Joy Thomas, Mona Brown, Bobby Gibbs, Debbie Edwards and Marsha Hamlin of San Angelo and Glen Gibbs of Austin; nine great-grandchildren; and eighteen great-great-grandchildren. The family wishes to thank the staff and owners of Park Plaza Nursing Center for the years of loving and dedicated care showered upon "Grannie". Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. "Do not stand at my grave and weep: I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond's gilt on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die."