1943
Donna
2014
Donna Gayle Ricks
February 20, 1943 — December 2, 2014
Donna Gayle Ricks, former Knox City resident and most recently of Ransom Canyon, Texas, passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at her residence in Ransom Canyon. Mrs. Ricks was 71. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 6, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church in Knox City with Rev. Jim Wright officiating. Burial will take place immediately following in Knox City Cemetery, next to her mother, under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. A visitation is planned for Friday evening, December 5, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home located at 210 Avenue A.
Donna Gayle Fitzgerald was born in Knox City on February 20, 1943, to Wretha (Walters) and Alton Fitzgerald. She grew up in Knox City and graduated from Knox City High School in 1961. She attended McMurry College and Texas Tech in the Methodist School of Nursing program that she completed in 1962. She married Wallace Cantrell in 1963 who has preceded her in death and later married Claude Ricks on December 18, 1976, in Fort Worth.
Donna loved to dance and play basketball. She enjoyed attending Elvis concerts and fishing. Especially late at night in a row boat or in the boat house where she would witness schools of crappie swimming by. Donna was a member of the Ransom Canyon Property Board and American Business Woman's Association. Donna was past president of the Ransom Canyon Chapel Board where she was a longtime member.
In addition to her first husband, Donna is also preceded in death by her father, Alton Fitzgerald; and most recently, her mother Wretha Fitzgerald on September 28 of this year.
She is survived by her husband, Claude Ricks; her son, Terrell Cantrell and wife Shelley; 2 daughters, Gayla Buxkemper and husband David, and Lisa Teutsch and husband Michael; brother, Alton Leslie Fitzgerald and wife Zena; step-children, Claude Ricks III and wife Nina, Stefani Sinnott, Tamara Wilson and husband Glen, Jon Ricks and wife Patricia, and Jenifer Ricks Ingram. Also surviving are her 27 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and her niece, Whitney Johnson.
If desired, memorials can be given in Donna's name to Ransom Canyon Memorial Chapel, 31 East Brookhollow, Ransom Canyon, Texas 79366 or to First United Methodist Church, 404 SE 2nd Street, Knox City, Texas 79529.
Donna Gayle Fitzgerald was born in Knox City on February 20, 1943, to Wretha (Walters) and Alton Fitzgerald. She grew up in Knox City and graduated from Knox City High School in 1961. She attended McMurry College and Texas Tech in the Methodist School of Nursing program that she completed in 1962. She married Wallace Cantrell in 1963 who has preceded her in death and later married Claude Ricks on December 18, 1976, in Fort Worth.
Donna loved to dance and play basketball. She enjoyed attending Elvis concerts and fishing. Especially late at night in a row boat or in the boat house where she would witness schools of crappie swimming by. Donna was a member of the Ransom Canyon Property Board and American Business Woman's Association. Donna was past president of the Ransom Canyon Chapel Board where she was a longtime member.
In addition to her first husband, Donna is also preceded in death by her father, Alton Fitzgerald; and most recently, her mother Wretha Fitzgerald on September 28 of this year.
She is survived by her husband, Claude Ricks; her son, Terrell Cantrell and wife Shelley; 2 daughters, Gayla Buxkemper and husband David, and Lisa Teutsch and husband Michael; brother, Alton Leslie Fitzgerald and wife Zena; step-children, Claude Ricks III and wife Nina, Stefani Sinnott, Tamara Wilson and husband Glen, Jon Ricks and wife Patricia, and Jenifer Ricks Ingram. Also surviving are her 27 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and her niece, Whitney Johnson.
If desired, memorials can be given in Donna's name to Ransom Canyon Memorial Chapel, 31 East Brookhollow, Ransom Canyon, Texas 79366 or to First United Methodist Church, 404 SE 2nd Street, Knox City, Texas 79529.
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