Mrs. Ricker was born in Kinston, N.C. on February 24, 1938 and was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Addie Grace Carter Jordan. She was wife of the late Joe Dean Ricker, Sr. and also preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Mullinax. She was a member of Town Creek Baptist Church. Mrs. Ricker retired from the Wilmington Star News after 30 years of employment.
She is survived by five children, Joe Dean Ricker, Jr. and wife Cheryl of Parkton, N.C., Becky Wilkens and husband Thomas, Terry Ricker and wife Karen, Bradley Ricker and Brian Ricker, all of Leland; brother, Robert Jordan of Wilmington, sisters, Glenda McDowell and Darlene Lanier, both of Currie, N.C.; grandchildren, Heather, Tricia, Jody, Adam, Tyler, Ethan, Victoria, Aubry, Jordan and Anna; great-grandchildren, Cameron, Logan, Brayden, Isabelle, Ryland and Addie.
Funeral service will be held at 3 o’clock in the afternoon of Monday November 7, 2016 at Town Creek Baptist Church with the Reverend V.C. Potter, Jr. officiating.
An interment service will follow in the Town Creek Baptist Church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Richard Daniels, Timmy Lewis, Buddy Locklear, Devon Edge, Michael Clemmons and Daniel Sale.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from 6 o’clock to 8 o’clock in the evening on Sunday November 6, 2016 at White Funeral and Cremation Service 603 Ocean Hwy. E. Bolivia, N.C. 28422.
You may offer online condolences at www.whitefuneralservicesupply.com.
White Funeral & Cremation Service Bolivia/Supply Chapel
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