MEMORIAL CEMETERY
ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

Born:  6 June 1914 Died:  10 October 1999 Father:  James Edwards Mother:  Mary E. Edwards Spouse:  Walter L. Ricks

Name: Minnie Victoria Ricks [Minnie Vic Edwards]  [Minnie Miller]  [Minnie Ricks]  SSN: 45 Gender: Female Race: Black Birth Date: 6 Jun 1914 Birth Place: Poynor Ander, Texas [Poynor Hende??, Texas]  Death Date: 10 Oct 1999 Father: James Edwards Mother: Mary Edwards Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jul 1943: Name listed as MINNIE VICTORIA RICKS; Jun 1948: Name listed as MINNIE VIC EDWARDS; Sep 1951: Name listed as MINNIE VIC MILLER; 23 Oct 1999: Name listed as MINNIE RICKS

Ms. Minnie Victoria Ricks, the oldest daughter of Tommie and Mary E. Edwards was born on June 6, 1914 in Brushy Creek, Texas.  She attended School in the Brushy Creek Community.  At an early age she was baptized by Rev. J.D. Shaw and was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Minnie later moved to Dallas, Texas where she spent the rest of her life and was loved by all who knew her.  She was very active and devoted in the church and community.  She placed membership at the Great Zion Baptist Church and was a faithful member. In the early 1980's, she retired and moved to Palestine, Texas, where she continued to be very active and devoted in the community.  She placed membership with Antioch Missionary Baptist Church where she was a faithful member, until her health failed. She was preceded in death by seven brothers.  She leaves to cherish her memory one sister, Mrs. Lorrine Thomas of Ft. Worth, Texas; nieces Ruby Lee Hall of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Mercedes Miller of Arizona; nephews, Wilson Carwell, Sr. and Cubbie Carwell, Sr; great nieces Willie Mae Birdow and Gloria Butler, both of Houston, Texas and a host of other relatives and friends.

The pictures and images used on the Memorial Cemetery pages were
furnished by the Anderson County Historical Commission and the pages
were compiled by Beverly Bailey Odom and Scott Fitzgerald.

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