Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ricks, Willard M., 1956 
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WILLARD M. RICKS

   Willard M. Ricks, 79, died in a Norfolk hospital early Friday morning, 
July 13, after a long illness.  He was the husband of Mrs. Madie Glover 
Ricks and the son of the late George King and Mary Jackson Ricks.

   Mr. Ricks was a native and retired farmer of Southampton County, but 
he had made his residence in Norfolk the past 14 years.  He was a member 
of Trinity Baptist Church of Norfolk.

   In addition to his wife he is survived by two sons, Linwood T. Ricks 
of Franklin and Louis S. Ricks of Norfolk; one daughter, Mrs. Lorraine 
Jennings of McKeesport, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Lee of Boykins and 
Mrs. L.L. Glover of Scotland Neck, N.C.; two brothers, Cecil N. Ricks of 
Ahoskie, N.C. and Waverly A. Ricks of Colonial Heights; six grandchildren 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the H.M. 
Purviance Memorial Funeral Chapel, Boykins, by Rev. Nelson P. Vinson of 
Trinity Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. David S. Willis, pastor of the 
Capron Methodist Church.

   Pallbearers were Charlie Pope, Joseph Lee, James Lee, Doc Lee, Ike Lee, 
Lewis Worrell and Henry Worrell.  Friends of the family served as honorary 
pallbearers.


Willard M. RICKS, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Jul 1956, Norfolk, age 79, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 15 Jul 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 19, 1956 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-35): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 


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