David Gerald Hicks
, Alabama
October 12, 2026
David Gerald Hicks of Abbeville passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. He was 89.There is no memorial service planned at this time. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary and Cremations is in charge of arrangements.Mr. Hicks was born in Moody Hospital in Dothan, Alabama on June 17, 1937. He was reared in Graceville, Florida until attending Auburn University, graduating in Civil Engineering in 1961, before accepting a position with the Corps of Engineers in the Mobile District. While serving in Mobile, Mr. Hicks invented and patented a Grout Expansion Pressure Meter and Method. Mr. Hicks then transferred to the Economic Development Administration in Huntsville, Alabama. Afterwards, he purchased the Eufaula Engineering and Surveying Company on April Fool’s Day in 1971 later becoming David Hicks and Associates Inc. in Abbeville, Alabama.Accomplishments include Kiwanis Club President and Lieutenant Governor, member of the State Board TriRivers Waterway Development Association, and the National Small Water Tank Design…