Fuquay-Varina – Margaret Emily Glover Hicks, 90, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at her home in Fuquay-Varina, NC. Margaret was born June 18, 1919, in Wilson, the daughter of the late Cleveland Jasper Glover, Sr. and Cleopatra Taylor Glover. She is preceded in death by her husband, John James Hicks, and two sisters, Geraldine Glover Peel and Rachel Glover Paschall.

Margaret was a graduate of Atlantic Christian College in Wilson and taught school in Moss Hill and Zebulon. She loved the beach and cherished her memories of time spent with family and friends at her cottage in Kure Beach and later at her home on Oak Island.

Surviving include a daughter, Pamela Hicks Greer and husband Tommy of Apex, NC; grandchildren Elizabeth Courtney Greer of Raleigh, NC and Heather Greer Whitley and husband Michael of Holly Springs, NC; great-grandchildren Reagan Elizabeth Whitley, Peyton Anderson Whitley, and Owen Ernest Whitley; brother C.J. Glover, Jr. and wife Sybil Williamson Glover of Wilson; one nephew and two nieces.

A memorial service will be held at eleven o’clock on Friday morning, May 14, 2010, at Maplewood Cemetery, 400 College Street Northeast, Wilson, NC.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a cancer research organization of your choice or to SPCA of Wake County, 200 Pet Finder Lane, Raleigh NC, 27603.

Arrangements are by Thomas Funeral Home, Fuquay-Varina.