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I was so very sorry to hear the news that Mr. Ricketson of the Apopka Chief Newspaper had passed away. I learned of his passing from listening to the Apopka City Council meeting last night. Whenever I would go to the newspaper business store for a specific supply, or for sending a fax, he and his wife were very kind, and would go out of their way to help me, with whatever

I needed. He was a fine gentleman, and his wife, so nice to me. I congratulated them both on their most recent wedding anniversary, and told them, my husband and I have been married a long time (48 years) but we've got some catching up to do, to get to how long you all have been married. At the council meeting, sometimes I would sit near him, and tell him, I am going to sit near you, and away from enemy territory, and he would get a kick out of me saying that. My deepest prayers to his wife, and family, I am so very sorry. They really were like Mom and Pop to me.

From: John Ricketson, Publisher of The Apopka Chief and Planter, dies at 84

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