Obituaries:  Mr. James Oscar Ricks, Sr., Sabine, DeSoto Parish       R-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 22, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. James Oscar Ricks, Sr.

  Services for Mr. James Oscar Ricks Sr., 75, were held at 3 p.m.,
Tuesday, May 21, at the Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.
Officiating were Dr. William Crosby. Burial was in Mansfield
Cemetery.

  Mr. Ricks died Monday, May 20, in Shreveport, after a brief
illness. He was a lifelong resident of DeSoto Parish, and a
longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Mansfield. He
served on the DeSoto Parish Police Jury for 12 years, was a
member of the Mansfield Chapter #103.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lyntine P. Ricks of Mansfield;
one son, James O. Ricks Jr. and his wife Linda of Shreveport; one
daughter, Barbara Valentine and her husband Leonard of Mansfield;
two sisters, Effie Ricks of Many, and Willie Mae Bolton of
Peoria, Illinois; two brothers, W. A. Ricks, Richard Dean
Valentine and his wife Andrea, William James Valentine and his
wife Carlene, Robert Craig Valentine and his wife Elaine, Debra
Lynn Hodgson and her husband Ronald; six great granddaughters;
three great grandsons.

  Pallbearers were Richard Dean Valentine, William James
Valentine, Robert Craig Valentine, Ronald P. Hodgson, James
Ricks, and Billy Ricks.

  Honorary pallbearers will be the deacon body of the First
Baptist Church, and also Dr. Daniel Moller, Dr. F. D. Griffen,
and Dr. Robert Taylor.