The 2024 Lung Cancer Initiative Golf Classic (spring event) is being held in memory of Susan C. Hicks, a loving wife and mother, who lost a short battle to lung cancer at the young age of 51. Susan was a friend to everyone she met and was very active in the community and her church. She became involved with the children and youth at First Presbyterian Church in Newton. FPC Newton was so impressed with her work that they hired Susan as both its Children and Youth Director. These interests led her to run for the Newton Conover City School Board; she was elected and was Vice Chairman at the time of her death. Susan wanted to beat cancer and survive to help others fight this battle. Her legacy is being carried on through the Susan C. Hicks Hope Charities, a partner of Lung Cancer Initiative.
A LEGACY OF SUPPORT
Several families have made a lasting impact as a part of Lung Cancer Initiative's golf tournament series. From our first tournament in memory of Thom Wood at Buies Creek, to our tournament in Hickory in memory of Harold Morrow and Susan C. Hicks to the Lung Cancer Initiative Golf Classic in memory of Ben Hynson, LCI golf tournaments have united families and communities in memory of their loved ones and furthered our organization's impact across the state.