Halifax County NcArchives Obituaries.....Read, Lillie Ricks 1950 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net October 28, 2013, 5:31 pm THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 05-05-1950, P. 8 LILLIE RICKS READ Mrs. Amasa P. Read, 80, the former Miss Lillie Ricks of the Franklin community, died Wednesday morning, April 26, at the home near Littleton, N.C., of her daughter, Mrs. R.B. Robinson. She had been confined to her bed for the past eight years. The deceased was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Collin Ricks, and sister of the late Mrs. L.W. Vaughan of Franklin and the late Fitzhugh T. Ricks. After her marriage to Mr. Read she resided at Palmer Springs in Mecklenburg County. For the past 16 years she had been making her home with her daughter near Littleton. Besides Mrs. Robinson she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Arrington Davis of Henderson, N.C.; three sons, Fitzhugh Read of Warrenton, N.C., Frank Read of Wood, N.C. and Read of Palmer Springs; and several grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Read were held at 3:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Mt. Auburn Christian Church, Mecklenburg County, with burial in the church cemetery. *the 3rd son’s first name was not listed File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/halifax/obits/r/read1607nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb