WHITAKERS -- Funeral services for Bobby Lee Ricks, 70, who died Saturday, April 22, 2017 will be held today, Thursday, April 27, at 1 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church in Nashville, with Dr. Everett Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Oakland Cemetery.

Surviving: daughter, Stephanie Cooper of Rocky Mount; son, Maurice Pearson of New York, NY; his mother, Doris Arrington of Nashville; sisters, Loretta Braswell of Rocky Mount, Cheryl Dunston of Bunn; brother, Michael Harrison of Washington, DC; and one grandchild.

Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home, Nashville.