Danny Howard Hickman

February 16, 1962 - December 4, 2016

Danny Howard Hickman 54, of Pittsburg, KS died 3:30am Sunday December 4, 2016 working for Kansas City Southern in Siloam Springs, Arkansas of an apparent heart attack. Danny was born February 16, 1962 in Frontenac, KS the son of Byron Howard and Evelyn Irlene (Thomas) Hickman. He was a lifelong resident of the area and a graduate of Frontenac High School in 1980. He later attended Drafting School at Pittsburg State University and later Railroad Conductors School at Kansas City Southern. On January 26, 1990 Danny married Deborah Ann Armstrong in Frontenac, KS; she survives at the home. Danny has worked the last 12 years as a Conductor for the Kansas City Southern Railroad. In his earlier years he worked in residential construction in the Pittsburg area. Danny was a former member of the Frontenac United Methodist Church in Frontenac, KS. He was a member of the Shrine; a Mason; and he will be most remembered as a man that enjoyed being the center of attention and making people laugh. Additional survivors include his children Cody Hickman and wife Sandy of Frontenac, KS and Katie Hickman of Uniontown, KS; brother Tony, 2 sisters; several neices and nephews; father-in-law and mother-in-law Bob Armstrong and wife Peggy of Coffeyville, KS; grandchildren Ollie Hickman, Lundun Hickman and Fenix Hickman. Danny was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral Services will be 10:00am Friday December 9, 2016 at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home in Pittsburg, KS with Pastor Kyle Rogers officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Park Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS. Family will receive friends from 6-7:00pm Thursday December 8, 2016 at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home in Pittsburg, KS; Masonic Rites will be take place at 6:00pm; friends may call after 2:00pm Thursday. In lieu of flowers the family asks expressions of sympathy to be in the form of memorials to the Danny Hickman Memorial Fund. Friends may drop off or mail memorials to the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home 522 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762. E-mail condolences may be left at www.bathnaylor.com. Arrangements are by Bath-Naylor Funeral Home of Pittsburg, KS.