Prissy Hickerson

Mary Priscilla "Prissy" Hickerson
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2011
Preceded by	Steve Harrelson
Personal details
Born	(1951-08-24) August 24, 1951 Place of birth missing
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Randall Ray "Randy" Hickerson, D.D.S.
Children	Christopher Randall Hickerson
Residence	Texarkana, Miller County Arkansas, USA
Alma mater	Watkins Business Institute University of Tennessee
Occupation	Public official
Religion	Baptist

Mary Priscilla "Prissy" Hickerson (born August 24, 1951), is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 1, which includes Texarkana and Miller County in southwestern Arkansas. She has held this seat since January 2011, when she ran without opposition.

Prior to 2009, Hickerson served for ten years under appointment from Governor Mike Huckabee as a member of the Arkansas Highway Commission. She is one of only two women to have chaired the panel. As commissioner, Hickerson worked for funding of Loop 245 and the construction of Arkansas Highway 549, which will become part of Interstate 49 from Texarkana south to near the Louisiana border. For her contributions, Loop 245 is named the "Hickerson Highway".^[1][2] Hickerson worked to obtain construction of a highway rest area outside Texarkana for the benefit of eastbound travelers. When a fellow highway commissioner tried to divert $47 million away from Texarkana projects, Hickerson fought back successfully for their inclusion.^[3]

Hickerson was an Arkansas delegate to the 2004 and 2008 Republican national conventions.^[4]

Hickerson won her House seat in the general election held on November 2, 2010; she succeeded the term-limited Democrat, Steve Harrelson, who ran successfully for the Arkansas State Senate for a single two-year term^[5] before he was unseated in 2012 by the Republican Jimmy Hickey, Jr., of Texarkana. Hickerson was reelected without opposition in 2012.^[6]

Hickerson serves on three House committees: (1) State Agencies and Governmental Affairs, (2) Public Transportation, and (3) Advanced Communications and Information Technology. She is a member too of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.^[7]

Hickerson is opposed to abortion, having voted to ban the practice after twenty weeks of gestation or whenever fetal heartbeat is determined. She voted to declare the death of a fetus in certain situations a felony. She voted to require photo identification for voting. Those measures required the override of the vetoes of Democratic Governor Mike Beebe. Hickerson voted for the implementation of dress codes for public achools.^[7]

Hickerson graduated from Watkins Business Institute (location unknown) and attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee. She and her husband, Randall Ray Hickerson (born 1950), a dentist, have one son, Christopher Randall Hickerson.^[7]

References

External links

• Arkansas House of Representatives - District 1