Robert Hicks, a well-known local author, has passed away.
Hicks was regarded locally as a wonderful storyteller and philanthropist, dedicated to the community in the preservation of The Battle of Franklin.
He was known nationally as the New York Times Best Selling Author of Widow of the South. The Franklin neighborhood and the cause of battlefield preservation have gotten national attention because of Hicks’ works.
Hicks lived in the Bingham settlement in Williamson County, at a house he dubbed “Labor in Vain.”
Battlefield Bourbon was first released in 2015, with only 1,864 bottles produced to honor the year of the Battle of Franklin.
In 2019, Hicks was also honored with the Edwin C. Bearss Lifetime Achievement Award.
Robert Hicks Cause Of Death
Robert Hicks, a New York Times bestselling author and preservationist, died on Friday after a long battle with cancer. On Jan. 30, he had just turned 71 years old.
Hicks was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2018.