TUPELO, Miss. - Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker announced the death of his father on Oct. 21. Judge Thomas Frederick Wicker, 98, died Friday morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. The elder Wicker was a WWII veteran, who grew up in Benton County. He was drafted into the Army in 1942 and was later assigned to the 9th Air Force, 36th Station Compliment Squadron where he worked in communications. He served in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, England, Luxemburg and Normandy earning four battle stars. After the war he graduated from the University of Mississippi receiving his law degree in May 1948. Wicker was a city attorney and county prosecutor, state senator and was appointed by Gov. John Bell Williams as Circuit Judge in 1970, where he served for 20 years. The Wickers had three children Ellen Wicker Cummings, Sen. Roger F. Wicker and foster daughter, Mindy Staten Parrish. In addition to his children, Judge Wicker is survived by five grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. (WTVA 10/21/22 Sen. Wicker announces death of father Judge Thomas Frederick Wicker | News | wtva.com
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