Individual Details

John Lee Kiker

(10 Jan 1919 - 24 Oct 2001)

Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, Friday, October 26, 2001, Page 2 D: Kiker, John Lee, age 82, of Jasper, died Oct. 24, 2001. Funeral service at Kilgore-Green Chapel, Jasper, Alabama will be held Friday, October 26, 2001 at 2:00 P.M., with burial at Boldo Cemetery. Parlor Time: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at 6:00 P.M. Ministers: Thomas Reeves and William Twilly. Survivors include: his wife of 62 years, Ruth Riddlesperger Kiker of Jasper; daughter, Abbie K. Drummond and husband, Larry of Jasper; son, Dr. Jimmy Kiker and wife, Hilda Maxwell Kiker of Jasper; grandchildren, Terri Drummond Lyon and husband, John of Birmingham, Dr. Scott Drummond of Tuscaloosa, Patrick Lee Drummond and wife, Debbie Beasley Drummond of Birmingham, Andrea Kiker Wilson and husband, Chad Wilson of Jasper; great-grandchildren, Hank Ingram, Kelsey Lyon, Mary Stewart Drummond, and Hunter Lee Wilson; sisters, Bessie Kiker Dowdey of Jasper, Ola Mae Kiker Girard, Mich., and Dorothy Kiker Ramsey, Huntsville. Preceded in death by his parents, James Andrew Kiker and Alice Murray Kiker; brothers, Garfield Kiker, Douglas Kiker; sisters, Esther Kiker Powell, Jessie Doris Kiker. Survived by a host at nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Pallbearers: Dr. Scott Drummond, Patrick Drummond, John Lyon, Chad Wilson, Gerald Kiker and A. J. Kiker. Honorary Pallbearers will be employees of Drummond Company Land Department. Kiker was a member and Deacon of Pine Grove Holy Church of Christ in Boldo, Alabama. He was a Veteran of World War II, having flown 130 combat missions as a gunner and was retired from Drummond Company, Inc., with previous employment at Bardleben Coal Co., and Peabody Coal Co. Kilgore-Green Funeral Home is directing.

Events

Birth1919Alabama
Birth10 Jan 1919Alabama
Death24 Oct 2001Jasper, Walker Co., Alabama
DeathAft 2001
Alt nameJohn L. Kiker
Soc Sec No418-14-9181
BurialBoldo Memory Gardens, Boldo, Walker Co., Alabama

Families

FatherJames Andrew Kiker (1886 - 1976)
MotherAlice Leona Murray (1889 - 1974)
SiblingEsther Elzie Kiker (1909 - 2001)
SiblingBessie Lee Kiker (1910 - 2014)
SiblingPearl Ann Kiker (1913 - 1999)
SiblingGarfield Kiker (1917 - )
SiblingOla Mae Kiker (1922 - 2003)
SiblingJessie Doris Kiker (1925 - 1926)
SiblingDouglas McDonald Kiker (1931 - 1970)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 418-14-9181; Issue State: Alabama; Issue Date: Before 1951.

2. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 418-14-9181; Issue State: Alabama; Issue Date: Before 1951.

3. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 418-14-9181; Issue State: Alabama; Issue Date: Before 1951.

4. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 418-14-9181; Issue State: Alabama; Issue Date: Before 1951.

5. Obituary of John Lee Kiker, Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, Friday, October 26, 2001, Page 2 D.