HEAD OFFICIAL
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Dec 03, 2006
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HAVE LEARNED OF SOME SAD NEWS.
MR. BUTCH HICKS HAS PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING.
HE WAS I BELIEVE THE "FATHER" OF FLAG FOOTBALL IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND A BIG LEADER IN THE NATIONAL PROGRAM.
IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT BUTCH MEANT TO THE PROGRAM,TO HIS TEAMS AND FAMILY.
SO PLEASE KEEP BUTCH AND HIS FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
THIS WHAT I WAS TOLD ABOUT WHAT FUNERAL HOME WAS HANDLING THE FUNERAL
Everly Funeral Home
10565 Main Street
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-385-1110
Fax: 703-385-7636
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Dec 03, 2006
9:58 PM | | | ; |
Was this the Plumber Coach?
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Visitor
Dec 03, 2006
10:41 PM | | | ; |
Yes and founder of the league
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Tom - FCFFL
Dec 04, 2006
8:20 AM | | | ; |
This is very sad, sudden and hard to believe. Butch was going in for back surgery last week and this was the first winter in over 20+ years where he would not be taking his team down or be a part of the state tournament - which was sad in and of itself. Now this.
As he has retired from coaching/managing his team, we were planning a ceremony for him before the spring season.
Butch started playing in 1967, and started the FCFFL over 30 years ago, gradually building it up to what it is today. He was a fixture in the adult sports community of our County and promoted our sport there continuously through the explosion of softball and soccer in the area.
We do owe most of where we are today to what he worked for a great deal of his life.
There are very few people in the whole country with the accomplishments in, and passion for our sport even comparable to Butch. This is terrible news, and he`ll be greatly missed.
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visitor
Dec 04, 2006
11:40 AM | | | ; |
I believe that the ceremony should still be held in his honor
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VFFA
Dec 04, 2006
1:01 PM | | | ; |
The passing of our dear friend and confidant is very unfortunate. His love of flag football was well known. His efforts at excellence not only brought honors to his team and league, but also to the VFFA through his hard-won National Championships. I have lost a dear friend in Butch, he will be sorely missed. - RCJ
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thanks bob
Dec 04, 2006
6:39 PM | | | ; |
CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY AROUND
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smokey
Dec 05, 2006
10:26 AM | | | ; |
As a friend and a player Butch will be sorely missed.Butch loved to be around the guys and football.He took good care of his players and the league.We will be able to look back at all the great times we had with Butch on road trips and just being around him.Rest in piece my friend,you will be missed and never forgotten. Smokey
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Chris
Dec 05, 2006
12:02 PM | | | ; |
Thank you Butch, I enjoyed playing for you this year. You will be missed.
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my man smokey
Dec 05, 2006
3:10 PM | | | ; |
how u been man? miss you out there with the spins and jukes. j/k. for those who don`t know, one of the best ol and coolest people to ever play in this league. stay up!
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SHAY/ROB/TOM
Dec 06, 2006
9:54 AM | | | ; |
As many of you already know Butch passed away a few days ago.
We contacted Everly funeral home this morning and were told that the Hicks family would prefer that friends and family send a donation to the American Heart Association (AHA) instead of flowers. The FCFFL and IFFL plan on making a donation to the AHA. Along with the league donation the CCR Novas and Lazy Sunday have also agreed to make a donation to the AHA. Tom, Rob and myself would like the teams that remember Butch and played when he ran this league to consider making a donation to the AHA from your team.
If you do decided to make a donation to the AHA on Butch`s behalf you can mail it directly to the AHA or contact the local AHA office.
The American Heart Association
4301 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington VA 22203
703-941-8520
For those players, and coach`s that remember Butch you know what he did to make this sport grow. For those of you that weren`t lucky enough to know Butch the fact is he is the man that made flag football what it is today in Northern Virginia. Many people only remember Butch as the coach of My Plumber but he was much more then that. He was the man who started and made the FCFFL what it is today and the simple fact is if it wasn`t for him the FCFFL would not be what it is today, period!
On a personal note I owe a great deal of gratitude to Butch for showing me how to run this thing and always being able to reach out to him for advice even after he stepped away from being the commish for the FCFFL. I will miss his words of wisdom.
Butch`s viewing will be from 5:00PM to 8:00PM this Thursday and his funeral is scheduled for this Friday at 11:00AM. Both will be at the same location which is:
Everly Funeral Home
10565 Main Street
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-385-1110
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DONATIONS
Dec 06, 2006
10:08 AM | | | ; |
Correction for those wishing to make donation in memory of Butch.
If you do want to make a donation please send to the following AHA address:
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 5216
GLEN ALLEN, VA 23058-5216
Make sure to note that the donation is in memory of WALTER HICKS and the family will receive a card showing you made a donation for Butch.
Thank you.
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