Thursday Afternoon

Time has changed for Uncle Buddy Inkenbrandt’s funeral, It will be held Graveside as he wanted this Friday 6:00 pm at Woodlawn Cemetary in Kentwood La. All friends and family are welcome. Please come out and say goodbye to Buddy if possible. Please call Mc kneelys for flower placement. Thanks Russell Walker

Luther Layton Ricks, Sr.
(December 9, 1932 – June 27, 2012)

A resident of Denham Springs, he died on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. He was born December 9, 1932 in Roseland and was 79 years of age. Mr. Ricks was a U. S. Air Force Veteran of the Korean War, a retired Postmaster where he served in both Kentwood and Greensburg and was a member of the Masonic Lodge for 50 years. He also served as a volunteer fireman, volunteer deputy sheriff and constable for Tangipahoa Parish. He coached football and baseball and was an avid fisherman. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Yvonne Ricks, Denham Springs; 2 sons, Layton Ricks, Jr. and wife, Susan, Denham Springs, Ronnie Ricks and wife, Susan, Canton, MS; 1 daughter, Judy Ricks Garcia and husband, Larry, Denham Springs; 12 grandchildren, Angela, April, Layci, Nancy and Brett, Rondi, Rob, Joel and Kristin, Heather, Jessica and Lucretia; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Margie Requardt, Houston, TX; 3 nephews, Lionel White and wife, Nancy, Junior White and Perry Christopher. Preceded in death by parents, Joseph and Tener Ricks; step-father, Bennie Lewis. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Services conducted by Dr. Leo Miller. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Pallbearers will be the Kentwood Volunteer Firemen. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or St. Jude Children’s Hospital. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.