Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thompson, John A., 1963 

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MARGARET C. RICKS THOMPSON

COURTLAND - Mrs. Maggie Ricks Thompson, 90, widow of John Albert Thompson, died 
Wednesday morning in the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Mildred C. Edwards, 
after a long illness.

   A native of Illinois, she lived in Southampton County 80 years. She was a 
daughter of Edwin and Mrs. Mary Britt Ricks and a member of Courtland Methodist 
Church and its Woman’s Society of Christian Service.

   Besides her granddaughter, surviving are three sons, Lewis B. Thompson of 
Courtland and Wray C. Thompson and Leslie E. Thompson of West Point; three 
daughters, Mrs. Pat Cotton of Franklin, Mrs. Carter  Burt of Richmond and Mrs. 
Crawford R. Wade of Mechanicsville; a sister, Mrs. Sidney Cook of Colonial 
Heights; four brothers, Willie Ricks of Camden, N.C., Roy Ricks of 
Fayetteville, N.C., Ruben Ricks, of Tampa and Herbert Ricks of Richmond;  18 
grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Courtland Methodist Church 
by the Rev. Bryon S. Halstead, pastor, and the Rev. Robert Lee Bailey of 
Courtland Baptist Church. Burial was in Capron Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Melvin Thompson, Alton Thompson, Glenn Thompson, Grayson 
Thompson, Francis Cotton, Humphrey Wade, Crawford Wade, Jr. and Gerald Burt.


Margaret C. "Maggie" (RICKS; Mrs. John A.) THOMPSON, 
b. IL, d. 6 Mar 1963, at granddaughter's home, age 90, 
interred in Capron Cemetery, 7 Mar 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 11, 1963, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-40): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her husband's obit ("The Tidewater News," Apr. 14, 1944, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t512j1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Branchville Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Her mother's obit ("The Tidewater News," Apr. 14, 1944, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r200m4ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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