Edward Bryant “Sonny” Tickell, Jr., passed on April 24, 2019, at the age of 82. Sonny was predeceased by his wife, Suzie Tickell and daughter Becky Surovik. He is survived by daughter Winkie Myers and her husband Jeffrey, Tim French and wife Maria and Patrick Tickell, grandchildren John and James Surovik, James, Thomas and Robert Myers, James’ wife Melanie, and their daughter Felicity, his brother Bob Robinson, and his wife, Lila. Sonny is also survived by long-time partner and friend Mary and her children Anna, Sarah, Mary, Lydia and Paul who looked at Sonny as a father, and their children, Everitt, Elia, William, Atali, Kade, Peyton, Alyssa and Abbie who called him Papa.