Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ricks, Blandie Parker, 1965 

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BLANDIE PARKER RICKS

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Blandie Parker Ricks, 79, died Monday morning in the home 
of a daughter, Mrs. Sally R. Griffin.

   She was a daughter of John and Mrs. Georgianna Manns Parker.  A native of 
Southampton County, she was a member of Franklin Congregational Christian 
Church.

   Besides Mrs. Griffin, surviving are two other daughters, Mrs. Mildred Babb 
of Sebrell and Mrs. Violet Taylor of the State of Washington; three sons, 
William Ricks of Emporia, John Sam Ricks of Suffolk and Randolph Ricks of 
Hampton; a sister, Mrs. Sally Cook of Richmond; 22 grandchildren and 10 great-
grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Elmo Nauman of Congregational Christian Church 
and the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  Burial will be 
in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.

   Pallbearers were James Cook, Bud Cook, Howard Worrell, Burt Blythe, George 
Cebie, Eldridge Cutchins, Gilliam McGhee.


[Blandie (PARKER; Mrs. David C.) RICKS, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Aug 1965, at daughter's home, age 79, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section I, Plot 4), Boykins, 
    11 Aug 1965, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 12, 1965, p. 2] 

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