Aliene Wicker

Ruby (Aliene) Wicker, 83, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday Oct. 21, 2016. A native of Sweetwater, Tenn., Mrs. Wicker was a longtime resident of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. She was a member of Scott Memorial Church of God and was a hairdresser in her home for over 45 years. Other than her family, Aliene’s true loves were playing the piano and her church. She was a friend to everybody and a hostess to the world. She was preceded in death by her husband, Orvle L. Wicker; parents, Thomas L. Sr. and Lillie Drake; brothers and sisters, Thelma Vance, Edna Baecher, Mary Monjar, Thomas L. Drake Jr., James F. Drake and J.W. Drake. She is survived by her daughter, Rhonda (Larry) Parks, Chattanooga; two sisters, Louise (Reed) Gardner, Loudon, Tenn., and Trudy (Tom) Gardner, Ball Ground, Ga.; special niece, Pam Wyrick, Canton, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held Monday, Oct. 24, at noon in the Sweetwater Memory Chapel, Sweetwater, TN with Rev. Randy Martin officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, in the Sweetwater Memory Chapel. Visit .www.heritagechattanooga.com to share words of comfort to the family. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4825 Trousdale Drive, Suite 22, Nashville, TN, 37220. Her family would like to thank Katy Hamby, Margaret and Hillard White and Caris Hospice for their love and care given to Aliene during the past two years of her life. The family will receive friends today from 4 to 7 p.m. at the East Brainerd Chapel of Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road.