Funeral service for Paula Marie (Monroe) Hicks will be at 10:00 am Friday, September 25, 2015 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel, Lawton with Kip Ackley, Pastor of Calvary Temple, Cyril, OK and Phillip Raney, Marlow, OK officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Lawton. The family will greet friends Thursday evening at the funeral home in Lawton from 6pm until 8pm. Paula Marie Hicks, age 55, of Fletcher, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Oklahoma City. She was born January 19, 1960 in Lawton to Thomas Gwen and Alene Bernice (Hennessee) Monroe. As a child she grew up in Lawton and Oklahoma City. She later moved to Fletcher where she met and married her husband of 36 years, Greg W. Hicks. Paula devoted her life to her family. She was a homemaker and loving wife, mother and grandmother. During racing season you could find Paula working side by-side with her husband, building, painting and preparing his car for the next race. She loved racing whether it was dirt track, NASCAR or NHRA. Paula is survived by her husband Greg, two daughters, Amanda and husband Mark Wilson of Lawton, and Ashley Hicks of the home. She has a grandson Tyler Knight and a granddaughter Tessa Groff also both of the home. She is also survived by her parents Bernice and Thomas Monroe of Fletcher, two sisters, Connie and her husband Greg Ledford of Cement, Angie and her husband Jimmy Rowe of Ardmore, OK, her father-in-law Earl Hicks of Cyril, special friends Susan and Keith Blackburn and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding Paula in death are her maternal grandparents Paul and Peachy Hennessee, paternal grandparents Vernna and Clarence Monroe, a brother Tommy Monroe and her mother-in-law Shirley Hicks.