RALEIGH – Sadie Joyner Ricks, 87, of Raleigh, formerly of Severn, died Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2016 at First Baptist Church Severn. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Faison’s Funeral Service, Seaboard, is handling the arrangements.