Birth date: Mar 23, 1933 Death date: Aug 18, 2013
Howard Benard Bickers Jr. Having completed his service for the Lord, God has graciously and lovingly taken him home. Dr. Howard Benard Bickers Jr., known to many as Dad, Bud, or Bwana, passed away in his home on Sunday, August 18, Read Obituary
Bro Bud, a great man of God, you are missed! Your smile and your love for the Lord was contagious! You served the Lord with gladness, boldness and strong conviction. I thank God for putting you in our lives way…way back in Ticonderoga, NY in the late 80’s. We will see you again! Becky and Jim Livingston
Bro Bud, a great man of God, you are missed! Your smile and your love for the Lord was contagious! You served the Lord with gladness, boldness and strong conviction. I thank God for putting you in our lives way…way back in Ticonderoga, NY in the late 80’s. We will see you again! Becky and Jim Livingston
A big man with a big smile and a bigger heart. When I was around him, God’s call and God’s grace always seemed to be clear and undeniable.
To this day whenever I hear the word “missionary” my mind pulls up the face of Bud Bickers because at his core that’s who he was. It was my privilege to know him as teacher, confidant, counselor, boss, brother in Christ and friend. He worked long and tirelessly on behalf of students to help ensure they could stay in school and succeed in achieving their goals. Above all else I remember him as a man of prayer, a man of compassion, and a man devoted to his family. He and Arleen had a true partnership in which their respective gifts, abilities and intelligence were appreciated, respected and nurtured. He had a keen sense of humor that could break the tension of a heated discussion, a personal outlook on life that was positive and affirming; truly, he was a man without guile. Undergirding all that he was as a man was his unwavering faith in and dependence upon his Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for investing your life in mine and in the lives of countless others that are spread around the globe. We shall surely miss you but can never forget you. Godspeed. –Bill Hair, MDiv 1980
