Loretta Alice (Hicks) Harrison

Loretta Alice (Hicks) Harrison, 82, of Richland Hills, Texas, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2022, in Richland Hills.

Graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2022, in Citizen’s Cemetery in Clarendon with Rev. Anthony Knowles officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, May 5, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Loretta Alice (Hicks) Harrison was born on June 13, 1939, in Clarendon, to Olace and Billie Blanche (Fedric) Hicks. She grew up in Clarendon and attended Clarendon schools before marrying William Dennis Harrison on August 14, 1954. Later, Loretta graduated with her associates degree from Clarendon College.

Loretta was a longtime resident of Clarendon where she attended Martin Baptist Church for many years. She also ran several businesses in Clarendon including a fabric store and a ceramic shop. She loved to sew and used her talents to make wedding dresses and do clothing alterations.

Loretta also drove a school bus, had a catering business where she made cakes for special events, and helped her husband on the farm. She loved to cook and enjoyed feeding her family on the Harrison family farm. Loretta also enjoyed crocheting and writing. She was a member of a writer’s group, and she wrote several novels.

She is preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, William Dennis Harrison in 1994.
She is survived by her daughter, Anna Harrison of Hurst, Texas; two brothers, Larry Hicks of Clarendon, and Jerry Hicks and wife, Mary John, of Gladewater, Texas; granddaughter, Maya Villarreal of Ft. Worth; special sister-in-love, Evelyn Lloyd of Gladewater, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and caregivers.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests doing a kind deed for a friend or someone in a nursing home.