Marjorie Elizabeth (Miller) Burton Ricks, 76

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Marjorie Elizabeth (Miller) Burton Ricks of Phoenix, formerly of Lewes, Del., died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, in Hospice of Valley Coronado Home, Phoenix. She was 76.

Mrs. Ricks was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Lewes, to the late William A. and Sarah Hester (Morris) Miller.

She attended Belltown School, Richard Allen School in Georgetown, and then went on to graduate from Delaware State College High School for Colored Students, now Delaware State University.

Mrs. Ricks met and married Curtis Franklin Burton of Belltown, who predeceased her in 1969.

During the 1950s and 1960s she worked at Beebe Hospital as a nurse"s aide, and also at the Rehoboth Day Care Center in Rehoboth Beach as a head teacher.

During the operation of the Lewes Naval facility, Mrs. Ricks met and married Horace Wesley Ricks and moved to Phoenix, making it her new home.

She was preceded in death by two children, Regina D. Burton and Maurice F. Burton.

Mrs. Ricks is survived by her husband of 35 years, H. Wesley Ricks of Phoenix; two sons, Ronald S. Burton and his wife Joan of Port Penn, Del., and Curtis E. Burton and his wife Lacretia of Phoenix; three daughters, Felonise E. Norwood and her husband Gemez of Millsboro, Juanita Morris-Gettings and her husband Norman of Phoenix, and Terrene M. Burton of Phoenix; 11 grandchildren; one brother, William "Dickie II" and Helen Miller of Lewes; and one sister, Mary Miller Paschal of Tempe.

Services will be 4 p.m. Saturday at St. John"s 2nd Baptist Church, Mt. Joy Road, Millsboro, where friends may call two hours prior to the service.

Arrangements by Miller Funeral Services, Lewes.