Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ricks, George C., 1956 
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GEORGE CULLEN RICKS

   Funeral services for George Cullen Ricks, 73, who died Monday, July 30, at 
10:30 a.m. at the home of his brother, Richard Edward Ricks, near Boykins after 
a long illness were conducted on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Purviance 
Memorial Funeral Chapel. Rev. William Ferguson, pastor of the Clarksbury 
Methodist Church, officiated. Interment was in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery.

   Mr. Ricks, a retired farmer and lifelong resident of Southampton County, was 
the son of the late William Matt and Mrs. Sarah Sykes Ricks.

   Surviving him are three brothers, Richard Edward Ricks of Boykins, David 
Crockett Ricks of Emporia and William Matt Ricks, Jr., of Branchville; two 
sisters, Mrs. E.F. Worrell of Boykins and Mrs. R.C. Johnson of Henrico County, 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Active pallbearers were Paul Cox, R.L. Banty, M.J. Banty, Fletcher Hands, 
Willie Vick, E. R. Griffin and Frank Spence. Friends of the family served as 
honorary pallbearers.


[George Cullen RICKS, d. 30 Jul 1956, age 73, 
 interred in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, 1 Aug 1956, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 2 Aug 1956] 

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