Joseph Scott Rickels passed away Wednesday July 6, 2011 at the Shriners Childrens Hospital at the age of 9. He was a student at Caywood Elementary. He is survived by his parents Ronald E. Rickels Jr. of Glencoe and Jennifer Brown Rickels of Elsmere, his brothers, Bradley Hicks, Christopher and Dillon Rickels, his sister, Autumn Hicks, his paternal grandparents, Ronald and JoAnn Rickels, maternal grandparents, Michael and Becky Fain and Jeffrey Brown, his great grandmother Marcella Scully, his aunts Mabel and Kathy and uncles John and Randy. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 2pm at the Paint Lick Baptist Church and visitation begins at 11am. Burial will follow in the Paint Lick Church Cemetery.