Ruth Elizabeth Rickman
August 13, 1914 ~ August 27, 2002
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Ruth Elizabeth Mull Rickman, 88, of 50 Oakwood Street, Asheville, died Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at Green Tree Ridge Nursing Facility.
A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Seab and Edith Branton Mull. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John A. Rickman, who died in 1989. Mrs. Rickman was a 1933 graduate of Sand Hill High School and a member of Zephyr Hill Free Will Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Jo R. Corn of West Asheville; a son, John David Rickman and his wife Madeline of Biloxi, MS; five grandchildren, Lori, Ressie, Christy, Danny and Julie and five great-grandchildren, Aaron, Dillon, Andrew, Spencer and Ashton.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Reverend Danny Gasperson officiating. Burial will follow at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends 7:00-8:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home and request that memorials be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
The family would like to thank Dr. Ronald Johnson, his family and office staff; the staff at Green Tree Ridge including Ann, Amy, Barbara and Liza and the staff at Hospice including Vicky and Libby.
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John David and Jo Ella, Since your Dad was my Mother’s Brother and Seborn Mull was a first cousin of my Father I have probably known your Mom longer than almost anyone still around. Regardless of age, health or any other circumstance in life we are never ready to lose our Moms. Please know we are thinking of you at this time and will be remembering you in our prayers.
Zunita and Joe Clark
Since reading the paper at 3 a.m. I have had to smile remembering some of the good times Aunt Ruth & I have had. I can see her and Mom now-I bet they are thinking of ways to get Uncle John’s goat. God was very good to us to have let us known a lady such as she. Please let me know if I can do anything to help in any way.
Our deepest sympathies for your loss. Please know you are in our thoughts, and our prayers are with you.
I am sorry that I could not be with you during this time of loss. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your mother with me. She was such a wonderful woman and I will never forget her. I will also never forget the first time I met her. The first thing she asked me was ‘Do you know how to clean a turtle?’ I wasn’t sure what she was asking and I wondered if she had a pet turtle or if she was planning on making turtle stew. I wasn’t sure but I replied,’I don’t think I do’ She said,’All you have to do is lift its tail and wipe!’ That was the beginning of many more jokes that sometimes I could not understand but I understood what a wonderful sence of humor she had and how special it was to be the one she was telling the story to. She was a very special woman and I will not forget her! She will live in our hearts forever and everytime we laugh we can think of her! Snickering at her own jokes giving us the hint that it was a funny joke that she was telling! What a special woman! Kailanne and my mom (Sandi Burleson) also send their love and condolensces. Ruth touched a lot of hearts and she will be missed.
Love you!
Kim Burleon