Ola L. Ricks
Jan. 20, 1932 – April 29, 2016

Ola Lee Ricks, age 84, died Friday morning at Countryside Village. She was born in Halifax County to the late Ellis Argo and Annie Wallace Reed and was married to the late Richard Sidney Ricks, Jr.

A member of Madison Ave. Baptist Church, she was also a member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class. Ola was a volunteer with the Salvation Army, the Neuse Baptist Association and the Meals on Wheels program. She had previously worked for Kerr Drug Company but retired from Americal as a seamstress.

A graveside service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park with Rev. Robert Fulkerson officiating. The family will be receiving friends immediately following the service.

Mrs. Ricks is survived by a son, Richard Sidney Ricks, III, of Sanford, NC; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marilyn R. and Walt Dooley of Lexington, S.C., Patricia R. Butler of Snow Hill, and Sidney R. and David Hill of Goldsboro; a sister, Peggy Wallace of Washington; seven grandchildren, Lee Butler of Raleigh, NC, Wesley Butler of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Annie and Joseph Shelton of Sumpter, S.C., Leslie and Judd Larkins of Charleston, S.C., Lindsey and Graham Wooten of Goldsboro, Bryant Hill and fiancée, April Grace Rains of Goldsboro, and Ashlee and Jason Savage of Willow Springs; and two great-grandchildren, John Bryant Wooten and Hunter Savage.

The family expresses their sincere appreciation for all of the love that their mother received while in the care of Countryside Village. The staff there truly showed nothing but compassion for her and for that we are extremely grateful.

Flowers are welcome or memorial contributions may be made to the Madison Ave. Baptist Church Building Fund, 200 South Madison Ave., Goldsboro NC 27530 or to Countryside Village, 5383 US Hwy 117 N, Pikeville NC 27863.

Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. of Goldsboro is serving the family and online condolences may be sent through www.shumate-faulk.com.