SSgt William Seth Ricketts
Funeral services for SSgt William Seth Ricketts will be at noon Monday,
March 8, 2010, at the Crossroads Arena in Corinth with burial to follow
in the Corinth National Cemetery with full Military Honors. Memorial
Funeral Home of Corinth is in charge of the arrangements.
SSgt Ricketts died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at Bala Murghab,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with
small arms fire. He was born on July 21, 1982, to William Craig and
Sandi Hearn Ricketts. He wanted to be in the military since he was
9-years-old and on Sept. 12, 2001, he joined the U.S. Army. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th
Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.
After completing basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., he immediately
entered paratrooper training at Fort Bragg, and was stationed there
throughout his entire military service.
Along with his parents, he is survived by his wife, Rose Jones Ricketts;
two children, William Aiden and Oliver Cullen and a child due in
September; one sister, Tiffany Steed; one brother, Ben Ricketts;
grandparents, Bill and Frankie Ricketts; father- and mother-in-law, Bro.
and Mrs. Warren Jones; two sisters-in-law, Katie Jones Davis and her
husband, Eddron, and Sallie Jones; one brother-in-law, John Stuart
Jones; grandmother, Carolyn Wagnon; four nephews, aunts, uncles,
cousins, and a host of friends.
Family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to: Seth
Ricketts Memorial Fund, CB&S Bank, 200 South Harper Road, Corinth, MS
38834, (662) 284-9710.
Visitation will be on Sunday, March 7, beginning at 5 p.m. at Memorial
Funeral Home in Corinth. There will be no visitation prior to his
service on Monday. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of his
arrangements.
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(courtesy of "Paula")
Grave marker for SSgt William Seth Ricketts in the
Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth (Alcorn county), Mississippi.
Note the tokens left by visitors, items that were
somehow important to SSgt Ricketts. The Jones soda seems to be a
line that specializes in sports, the label on this one shows a
skateboarder, perhaps a favorite activity of his. |
