Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BurialSep 23, 2005, Arlington National Cemetery, 1 Memorial Drive, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia [7015]
OccupationDivision Of Veteran Affairs, Richmond, VA [7015]
FlagsKorean War, US Army, US Military, Vietnam
FatherRobert Guy RICKMAN (1896-1972)
MotherOma Ruth BURGE (1898-1985)
Spouses
Obituary Online notes for Lt. Col. Joseph Bernard RICKMAN
7/17/2005
Joseph Bernard Rickman
BURLINGTON — Joseph Bernard Rickman , Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret., age 79, of 3745-207 Wade Coble Drive, Twin Lakes Community, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
A native of Rockingham County, he was the husband of Alice Atwood Rickman , who survives, and son of the late Robert Guy and Oma Burge Rickman .
Mr. Rickman retired from the U.S. Army as Lt. Col. serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was later employed with the Division of Veteran Affairs in Richmond, Va. He was a former president of The Richmond Area Retired Officers Association and president of The Virginia Council of Chapters.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Atwood Rickman of the home; daughters, Mrs. Susan R. Carneal and husband, Bill, of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Patricia Ann "Trish" Sawyer and husband, Paul, of Providence, N.C., and Mrs. Martha Jo Brister and husband, Howard, of Clovis, N.M.; son, Joseph B. Rickman II and wife, Freida, of Gibsonville; sonin-law, Victor Komatz of Mineral, Va.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Michelle D. Komatz; and brother, Robert Rickman .
The family will receive friends at Lowe Funeral Home from 3:00 until 5:00 this afternoon.
Funeral services with full military rites will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2005, in the Old Post Chapel of Arlington National Cemetery by the Rev. Barry Lane. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery. Family and friends should gather in the Old Post Chapel by 8:30 a.m., prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Fork Union Military Academy, P.O. Box 278, Fork Union, Va. 23055-0278.
7/16/2005
OBITUARIES Joseph Bernard Rickman
BURLINGTON — Joseph Bernard Rickman , Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret., age 79, of 3745-207 Wade Coble Drive, Twin Lakes Community, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
A native of Rockingham County, he was the husband of Alice Atwood Rickman , who survives, and son of the late Robert Guy and Oma Burge Rickman .
Mr. Rickman retired from the U.S. Army as Lt. Col. serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was later employed with the Division of Veteran Affairs in Richmond, Va. He was a former president of The Richmond Area Retired Officers Association and president of The Virginia Council of Chapters.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Atwood Rickman of the home; daughters, Mrs. Susan R. Carneal and husband, Bill, of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Patricia Ann "Trish" Sawyer and husband, Paul, of Providence, N.C., and Mrs. Martha Jo Brister and husband, Howard, of Clovis, N.M.; son, Joseph B. Rickman II and wife, Freida, of Gibsonville; sonin-law, Victor Komatz of Mineral, Va.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Michelle D. Komatz; and brother, Robert Rickman .
The family will receive friends at Lowe Funeral Home from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services with full military rites will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2005, in the Old Post Chapel of Arlington National Cemetery by the Rev. Barry Lane. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery. Family and friends should gather in the Old Post Chapel by 8:30 a.m., prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Fork Union Military Academy, P.O. Box 278, Fork Union, Va. 23055-0278. [7015]
Joseph Bernard Rickman
BURLINGTON — Joseph Bernard Rickman , Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret., age 79, of 3745-207 Wade Coble Drive, Twin Lakes Community, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
A native of Rockingham County, he was the husband of Alice Atwood Rickman , who survives, and son of the late Robert Guy and Oma Burge Rickman .
Mr. Rickman retired from the U.S. Army as Lt. Col. serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was later employed with the Division of Veteran Affairs in Richmond, Va. He was a former president of The Richmond Area Retired Officers Association and president of The Virginia Council of Chapters.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Atwood Rickman of the home; daughters, Mrs. Susan R. Carneal and husband, Bill, of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Patricia Ann "Trish" Sawyer and husband, Paul, of Providence, N.C., and Mrs. Martha Jo Brister and husband, Howard, of Clovis, N.M.; son, Joseph B. Rickman II and wife, Freida, of Gibsonville; sonin-law, Victor Komatz of Mineral, Va.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Michelle D. Komatz; and brother, Robert Rickman .
The family will receive friends at Lowe Funeral Home from 3:00 until 5:00 this afternoon.
Funeral services with full military rites will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2005, in the Old Post Chapel of Arlington National Cemetery by the Rev. Barry Lane. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery. Family and friends should gather in the Old Post Chapel by 8:30 a.m., prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Fork Union Military Academy, P.O. Box 278, Fork Union, Va. 23055-0278.
7/16/2005
OBITUARIES Joseph Bernard Rickman
BURLINGTON — Joseph Bernard Rickman , Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret., age 79, of 3745-207 Wade Coble Drive, Twin Lakes Community, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
A native of Rockingham County, he was the husband of Alice Atwood Rickman , who survives, and son of the late Robert Guy and Oma Burge Rickman .
Mr. Rickman retired from the U.S. Army as Lt. Col. serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was later employed with the Division of Veteran Affairs in Richmond, Va. He was a former president of The Richmond Area Retired Officers Association and president of The Virginia Council of Chapters.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Atwood Rickman of the home; daughters, Mrs. Susan R. Carneal and husband, Bill, of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Patricia Ann "Trish" Sawyer and husband, Paul, of Providence, N.C., and Mrs. Martha Jo Brister and husband, Howard, of Clovis, N.M.; son, Joseph B. Rickman II and wife, Freida, of Gibsonville; sonin-law, Victor Komatz of Mineral, Va.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Michelle D. Komatz; and brother, Robert Rickman .
The family will receive friends at Lowe Funeral Home from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services with full military rites will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2005, in the Old Post Chapel of Arlington National Cemetery by the Rev. Barry Lane. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery. Family and friends should gather in the Old Post Chapel by 8:30 a.m., prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Fork Union Military Academy, P.O. Box 278, Fork Union, Va. 23055-0278. [7015]
Obituary Online notes for Alice Mae (Spouse 1)
10/25/2020
Alice Atwood Rickman
BURLINGTON - Mrs. Alice Mae Atwood Rickman, age 92, of Burlington, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Coble Creek Healthcare at Twin Lakes after a brief illness.
Born in Princess Anne County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clay Atwood and the late Margaret Ann Capps Atwood and was married for over 54 years to the late Lt. Col. Joseph Bernard Rickman, who passed in 2005. She was a career military wife and a secretary in the Insurance Industry and was a member of Springwood Presbyterian Church. But her greatest accomplishment was being a loving and devoted mother.
Mrs. Rickman is survived by her four children, Martha Jo Brister and husband, Howard; Susan Carneal and husband, Billy; Joseph B. Rickman II and wife, Susan; Patricia Sawyer and husband, Paul; eleven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughter, Michele Komatz; a grandson, Ethan Brister; three sisters; and a brother.
A service to celebrate her life will be held at Arlington National Cemetery Chapel, where she will be buried with her husband, at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Springwood Presbyterian Church, 1422, Springwood Church Rd., Burlington, NC 27215.
We encourage you to send condolences and sign the online register book at www.lowefuneralhome.com [23349]
Alice Atwood Rickman
BURLINGTON - Mrs. Alice Mae Atwood Rickman, age 92, of Burlington, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Coble Creek Healthcare at Twin Lakes after a brief illness.
Born in Princess Anne County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clay Atwood and the late Margaret Ann Capps Atwood and was married for over 54 years to the late Lt. Col. Joseph Bernard Rickman, who passed in 2005. She was a career military wife and a secretary in the Insurance Industry and was a member of Springwood Presbyterian Church. But her greatest accomplishment was being a loving and devoted mother.
Mrs. Rickman is survived by her four children, Martha Jo Brister and husband, Howard; Susan Carneal and husband, Billy; Joseph B. Rickman II and wife, Susan; Patricia Sawyer and husband, Paul; eleven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughter, Michele Komatz; a grandson, Ethan Brister; three sisters; and a brother.
A service to celebrate her life will be held at Arlington National Cemetery Chapel, where she will be buried with her husband, at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Springwood Presbyterian Church, 1422, Springwood Church Rd., Burlington, NC 27215.
We encourage you to send condolences and sign the online register book at www.lowefuneralhome.com [23349]