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                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 

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DATE: Monday, June 10, 1996                 TAG: 9606100023

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   19 lines


ABRAM C. RICKS SR.

Abram Clifton ``Abe'' Ricks Sr., 51, of the 1400 block of W. 39th St., died June 6, 1996.

Mr. Ricks was born in Norfolk and was a son of the late Catherine and Abe Ricks. He was a former employee of Hampton Roads Sanitation.

Survivors include his wife, Roberta Ricks; two daughters, Cosina Edwards and Cathy Ricks, and a son, Abram C. Ricks Jr., all of Norfolk; six sisters, Maggie Richardson, Emma Riddick, Estella Shahid of Norfolk, Ruth Leveston of Portsmouth, Thelma Gainer of Trenton, N.J, and Annie Williams of Richmond; and a brother, William Ricks of Portsmouth.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Wednesday in Hale Funeral Home by the Rev. Rayphield Clay. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB