Rick sadly passed away on July 15, 2018 after a long illness. No obituary has been published online as this is being listed. If one becomes available the link will be added to his Facebook memorial, mentioned below...

There's a memorial for Rick at the Facebook Public Page for WYHS Alumni Classes of 1967 to 1973. Here  are two links for those of you who are members of Facebook & logged in (1st is our main page, 2nd is Rick's Memorial page):
 

https://www.facebook.com/WYHS.1967.to.1973

http://bit.ly/RickPetty