Education
University of Tennessee.
University of Tennessee.
She has held this seat since January 2011, when she ran without opposition. 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.
Foreign her contributions, Loop 245 is named the "Hickerson Highway".
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.
Hickerson was an Arkansas delegate to the 2004 and 2008 Republican national conventions. Hickerson was reelected without opposition in 2012.
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. 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.
Hickerson graduated from Watkins Business Institute (location unknown) and attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee.
Local church is the fundamental unit of mission in denominational life.
Religious freedom should be supported and the expressions of faith of others should be respected.
Your desires, ambitions, goals, and purpose change as you begin to enjoy a close walk with a living God. During this change, the outward begins to reflect the inward and is something you will neither fear nor regret, but embrace.
Prior to 2009, Hickerson served for ten years under appointment from Governor Mike Huckabee as a member of the Arkansas Highway Commission.