Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:39 pm Monday, January 12, 2015

Elizabeth Pate Rickard

Elizabeth Pate Rickard

January 9, 2015

Elizabeth Pate Rickard, 94, Russellville, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at Generations of Vernon.

The visitation will 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 at Spry Memorial Chapel, with the service beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel. Officiating will be Bro. Keith Barnett. Burial will be at FranklinMemoryGardens.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her son, Dean Rickard and wife, Beth, Rogersville; sisters, Vera M. Shelton Miss., Janette S. Hoar Tenn.; grandchildren, Bradley, Kevin, and Matthew Rickard, Michael Timms; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ancel G. Rickard; children, Rodney Rickard, Susan Parrish; grandson, Zachary Parrish; mother, Lucy Turbyfill Pate Shedd; father, William Estel Pate; step-father, John W. Shedd; brothers, Harold Shedd, George T. Pate, Gerald Shedd, John W. Shedd, Jr.; and sister, Ruth Wynn.

The pallbearers were Bradley Rickard, Kevin Rickard, Matthew, Chris Rickard, Charles Rickard, and Bobby Rickard.

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