In the last 16 years, the Wiley Hicks Jr. Memorial Roping has made more than $670,000 and, for the last 16 years, James P. Hicks has given it all away.
“This is the 16th annual,” Hicks said of the Amarillo, Texas, roping that will take place March 18-19 this year, “and my goal at the 20th anniversary roping is to give away $1 million.”
In 2008, the Wiley Hicks Jr. Memorial started at the suggestion of a non-profit after the passing of James Hicks’ father.
“He was my very dear friend,” Hicks said of his dad. “He and I, we were more
