Wyatt Lee "Corky" Hickman, Jr., age 69, passed away Thursday, December 05, 2013 at Southeastern Hospice House, surrounded by his family. Corky was born on September 6, 1944 in Albany, NY. He grew up in Loris, SC and graduated from Loris High School in 1962. At the age of 19, he went to work with Leder Brothers, Inc. Corky was the youngest manager ever hired by the company. He continued his work with Leder Brothers as a store manager and supervisor for six other stores until 1988. He and his wife, Shirley, opened their own store in 1988, His and Hers Fashion. In February of 1992, Corky went to work with Tomlinson's and continued until he retired in October of this year. He was named "Manager of the Year" fourteen of the twenty-one years he worked with the company. He loved his work and the people he worked with. Corky worked a total of fifty years in retail management. Corky loved his family and enjoyed playing golf with his friends. He also enjoyed taking trips to the beach with his grandsons. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Lumberton, where he served as a deacon and on various other committees. He was a Mason and a Shriner. He also had been a member of the Jaycees Club, Rotary Club, Civitans Club, and Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the Biggs Park Merchant Association and a past member of the Chamber of Commerce. Corky was preceded in death by his father, Wyatt L. Hickman, Sr., and his beloved son, Michael. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Shirley; his mother, Barbara Hickman, of Loris, SC; his sister Wendy Boyd and husband, John, of Myrtle Beach, SC; two grandsons, Bryan Hickman and Daniel Kinlaw; a daughter-in-law, Jane Kinlaw and husband, Kevin, all of Bladenboro, NC; a sister-in-law, Carolyn Parker and husband, Wayne, of Four Oaks, NC; a niece, Laura Hardwick, of Loris, SC; and two nephews, Ben Boyd, of New York City, NY, and Marty Parker, of Four Oaks, NC.