Joseph Dennis Mickens: Obituary

Joseph Dennis Mickens, 67, of the Hiwassee Dam Community, passed away Friday, December 13, 2019 at his residence. He worked many years at Tennessee Chemical Company. He enjoyed attending auctions and spending time in Florida. He was known for selling thousands of peanut butter eggs each year at the annual fund raiser for The Church of God on Highway 294. He was also an avid Nascar fan and loved spoiling his grandkids.

He was born February 17, 1952 in Ducktown, Tennessee, and was the son of Jewell Mickens Murphy and the late Goldman Mickens of Hiwassee Dam.

Surviving are his two sons, Jeremy Mickens and girlfriend, Kaitlyn of Murphy and Justin Mickens of Murphy; two sisters, Ava Anderson and husband, Tom and Joan Higdon and husband, Gary all of Hiwassee Dam; a brother, Dee Mickens and wife, Sheila of Copper Hill, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Brandon, Kinsley, Trinity, and Tanner Mickens.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 16, 2019 at The Church of God on Highway 294 with Rev. Earl Hughes officiating. The interment will be in Liberty Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Blake Rodriguez, Chase & Keaton Mickens, Jacob Wallace, Tyler Wallace, and Hunter Williamson. Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Higdon, Tom Anderson, Junior Mickens, Tommy Stiles, Kenneth Davis, Dennis Baty, Dick Higdon and Joe Parsons.

The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made in memory of Joseph Dennis Mickens to: Parkinson’s Association of the Carolinas,601 E. Fifth Street, Suite 140, Charlotte, NC 28202.

Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of all arrangements.

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