Rockingham County NcArchives Obituaries.....Rickman, Joseph B. 2005
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Virginian Pilot, July 17, 2005
RICKMAN, Joseph B --- Date of Death:  July 13, 2005

Burlington - Retired US Army LtCol Joseph Bernard RICKMAN,79,of Wade Coble 
Drive, Twin Lakes Community, passed away July 13, 2005, at Alamance Regional 
Medical Center. A native of Rockingham County, he was husband of Alice Atwood 
RICKMAN who survives and son of the late Robert Guy and Oma Burge RICKMAN. Mr 
RICKMAN retired from the US Army as a lieutenant colonel serving during World 
War II, Korea and Vietnam and was later employed with the Division of Veteran 
Affairs in Richmond, VA. He was a former president of The Richmond Area 
Retired Officers Association and president of The Virginia Council of 
Chapters. 

Survivors include his wife, Alice Atwood RICKMAN of the home; daughters, Susan 
R CARNEAL and husband Bill of Tucson, AZ, Patricia Ann "Trish" SAWYER and 
husband Paul of Providence NC, and Martha Jo BRISTER and husband Howard of 
Clovis, NM; son Joseph B RICKMAN II and wife Freida of Gibsonville; son-in- 
law Victor KOMATZ of Mineral VA;10 grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Michelle D 
KOMATZ and brother, Robert RICKMAN. 

The family will receive friends at Lowe Funeral Home from 3 to 5 p.m. today. 
The funeral with full military rites will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept 23, 
2005, in the Old Post Chapel of Arlington National Cemetery by the Rev Barry 
LANE. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery. Family and friends 
should gather in the Old Post Chapel by 8:30 a.m. prior to the service. 
Memorials may be made to Fork Union Military Academy, PO Box 278, Fork Union, 
VA 23055-0278. 

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