Individual Details

Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas, Sunday, April 2, 1933, Page 12, Col. 8: Funeral Services To Be Sunday For Veteran Engineer. J. H. Ricks Rites to Be Held At Church of Christ At 4:30. Employe[e] of M-K-T More Than 42 Years. Resident of Wichita Falls More Than Quarter of Century. Last rites for J. H. Ricks, veteran engineer on the M-K-T lines and resident of Wichita Falls for 25 years, will be held at the Tenth and Austin Church of Christ Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. the services will be conducted by Rev. L. S. White, pastor of the church and burial will be in Riverside cemetery under the direction of the Merkle Undertaking company. Mr. Ricks had been an employe[e] of the Katy system since he was 18 years of age and completed 42 years of service when he retired eight years ago.

Survivors are two sons, Joe K. Ricks and John T. Rich of Wichita Falls; four daughters, Mrs. Wiley Cox of Shawnee, Okla., Mrs. Clarence Aycock of Temple, Texas, Mrs. Kate Enloe and Miss Inda Ricks of Wichita Falls; a brother, Charles Ricks of Fort Worth; a sister, Mrs. Mollie Mead of Dallas; 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

[A long list of active and honorary pallbearers follows the above.]

Birth	26 Jun 1865	Palestine, Anderson Co., Texas
Marriage	15 Jan 1878	McLennan Co., Texas - Maggie Sue Johnson
Residence	1910	Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas
Residence	1920	Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas
Death	31 Mar 1933	Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas
Burial		J. H. Ricks, Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas

Spouse	Maggie Sue Johnson (1859 - 1925)
Child	Mary Ena Ricks (1881 - 1964)