His wife taught home economics at Randolph, Algoma, Thaxton, and Ecru High Schools before becoming his legal secretary. He opened up his law practice in Pontotoc in July 1948. He met his wife Wordna Threadgill at Holmes Junior College and they were married on June 27, 1948. He carried on with his education at Ole Miss where he received his law degree in May 1948 and was president of his senior class. Wicker went back to Holmes Junior College after his service and graduated in June 1946. After the war he arrived in New York on Decemand was later discharged from the Army Air Force at Camp Shelby on New Year’s Day 1946. He served in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, England, Luxemburg and most noteworthy in Normandy earning four battle stars. He was later assigned to Europe to the 9th Air Force, 36th Station Compliment Squadron where he worked in communications. Wicker went to Fort Jackson, S.C., for his basic and advanced training in Field Artillery and Communications. He grew up in Benton County, and attended Hickory Flat High School and later was a student at Holmes Junior College on an athletic scholarship. On behalf of the entire Wicker family, Gayle and I deeply appreciate the expressions of sympathy and prayers we have received.”įred Wicker was born in Hickory Flat April 7, 1924. Our family is devastated to lose him, but we are grateful for a life well-lived, the wisdom he instilled in us, and the many years we spent together. A World War II veteran, a public servant, a dedicated husband and father, and faithful Christian, he was a role model for many – and he was my hero. Wicker visited the southern border in March and authored an op-ed in the Clarion Ledger calling for a border security-focused plan to take on the growing damage fentanyl has done to Mississippi communities.“My father spent his life in service to our country and our family. Wicker joined Senate colleagues to introduce multiple measures which would increase support for border security, while also upping punishment for fentanyl traffickers. Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl - enough to supply a lethal dose to every American. In 2021, nearly 107,000 Americans died from an overdose, and 65% of overdose deaths were caused by fentanyl. The United States is facing the worst drug crisis in history. “This measure would directly target the criminals and organizations that are empowering the fentanyl trade and endangering our national security.” “Tens of thousands of Americans are dying each year from fentanyl that has been trafficked into this country by Mexican cartels and manufactured using materials from Communist China,” Wicker said. by choking off the income source of those who traffic in synthetic opioids. By strengthening current law and directing the Treasury Department to target, sanction, and block the financial assets of transnational criminal organizations, the FEND Off Fentanyl Act aims to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. This sanctions and anti-money laundering bill is aimed at combatting the country’s fentanyl crisis by targeting the illicit fentanyl supply chain, from the chemical suppliers in China to the cartels that traffic the drugs in from Mexico. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, this week joined Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., and the leaders of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Ranking Member Tim Scott, R-S.C., in introducing the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act.
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