Carl Arnold Rickard

Mr. Carl Arnold Rickard, 55, of Kannapolis, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville. Funeral services will be conducted 4:00 p.m. Thursday, June 3, 2004, at St. John's United Church of Christ. The Rev. Roger Lee will officiate. Entombment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:45 p.m. Thursday in the fellowship hall at the church. Born May 26, 1949 in Cabarrus County, he was a son of Ava Cook Rickard of Kannapolis and the late Hearne Franklin Rickard. He was employed as a computer operator at Philip Morris in Concord. He was a former member of the Kannapolis Volunteer Fire Department and a special deputy with the Rowan County Sheriff's Department. Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Cathy Medlin Rickard; a son, Casey Andrew Rickard and his wife, Becky, of the US Navy, San Diego, California; and a brother, Hearne F. "Rick" Rickard II and his wife, Danita, of Kannapolis. Memorials may be sent to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605.