Catherine Powell Hickman
(1929-1994)

Died aged c. 65

Catherine Powell Hickman was born in 1929 and first came to Florida in 1943 from New York. She was a graduate of Florida State University and did graduate work at Duke University and the University of Mexico in Mexico City. She founded the Gulfport Historical Society in 1981 and helped establish a museum of Gulfport history. Hickman worked with civic organizations to save two historic buildings, Scout Hall, a 1920s civic meeting place, and the 1910 Methodist Church. The church became the Gulfport Historical Society Museum in 1984 and was later completely restored through her efforts. Hickman also published a history of Gulfport, much of it gleaned from tape recordings of oral histories. She founded the Gulfport Community Players, the Girls Softball League of Gulfport and other youth activities. Catherine Hickman died in 1994.

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