| Hughes, Arkansas School Faculty Memorial |
| Howard Leon Vickers September 28, 1928 – November 1, 1989 Sixth Grade Tenure: 1959 - 60 to 1963-64 |
| Mr. Vickers was born at Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas to Charley H. and Ethel Vickers. In 1949, he entered Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, where he was an active member of Alpha Psi Omega, the national honorary dramatic society, the Rutledge history Club, and the Rice Latin Club. He received the A.B. degree from Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, and entered Memphis State University, earning the Master of Arts degree in May 1958. Mr. Vickers began teaching the sixth grade at Hughes in 1959. He left the school in 1964, eventually became a minister, and continued living in Hughes until his death on November 1, 1989, burial in the Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery, Shelby County, Tennessee. He was a mason. His wife, Ruby, died at Hughes on October 25, 2002, burial also in the Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery |
