Mrs. Dorothy Bell Hoyle Hicks, age 86 died at the Blue Ridge Health Care Center in Raleigh on Saturday, July 19, 2008. Mrs. Hicks is a native of Nash County. She was a resident of Enfield for fifty plus years. She worked for the town of Enfield for a number of years. She was a member of the Enfield Baptist Church where she sang in the choir. She moved from Enfield in the seventies to live in Raleigh. She was predeceased by her mother, Ruby Clark Bell, her father, Tom Bell, Sr., her first husband Fred Hoyle, her second husband Robert Hicks, her daughter, Tanya Hoyle Sykes and her brother, Tom Hoyle, Jr.
She is survived by two grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.