Nellie Hicks Dumas Kilpatrick Funeral Home Ruston, LA Funeral services for Nellie Hicks Dumas, age 86, of Dubach LA will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston. Officiating the service will be Bro. Kurt Auger and Bro. Douglas Hicks. Interment will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Simsboro, LA. Mrs. Dumas, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, sister and friend passed away Wednesday October 19, 2011. She is preceded in death by her husband: Roy Dumas; parents: Clarence and Josie McLauglin Hicks; brothers: Arvie, J.C., and Howard Hicks; sister: Esther Hood; grandchildren: Marvin Bryan Flowers and Laura A. Wright Nellie was born on May 30, 1925, in Gibsland, LA to the late Clarence and Josie Hicks. She was a member of Dubach Baptist Church. Nellie was a wonderful mother and friend and will be missed dearly by those who love her Left to cherish her memory are her children: Ann Wright of McCloud, TX, Clenard Dumas of Dubach, LA, Elaine Collier and husband Mike of Liberty, TX, , Sandra McCullin and husband Bobby of Farmerville, LA, and Glenda Johnson and husband Mark of Shreveport, LA; sister: Maudie Audrisch and husband Chester; brothers: Robert Hicks, Johnny Hicks, and Douglas Hicks and wife Diane; and 16 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be her grandsons: Charlie, Danny, and Chris Collier, Lance, Jonathan and Kevin Dumas, Jerame Johnson, Jimmy Wright and Roy Wright. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, October 21, 2011 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston. Online condolences may be sent to the family atwww.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com