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2009
J Woodson Ficklin, 57, a computer technician at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum since 2000, died Sept. 6 at Holy Cross Hospital in
Silver Spring of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was an Upper Marlboro resident.
From 1988 to 2000, he was a computer technician for Xerox in Northern Virginia.
Mr. Ficklin, a native Washingtonian, was a 1970 graduate of the old Western High School. From 1969 to 1973, he worked at the White
House, where he helped clean and stock the kitchen pantry. He also worked part time in the news department of WPFW-FM radio in
Washington.
In the mid-1970s, he was a sound technician at Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park before touring with the 1970s funk band
Graham Central Station.
He was a member of Ward Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church in Northeast Washington, where he was a trustee and during the
1970s played bass guitar for the young adult choir. Later, he played bass guitar with the choir at Campbell African Methodist Episcopal
Church in Southeast Washington.
Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Doretha Wilson Ficklin of Upper Marlboro; two children, Charles W. Ficklin and James E. Ficklin, both
of Upper Marlboro; and a brother, John W. Ficklin of Bowie.
-- Lauren Wiseman
J Woodson Ficklin, 57, a computer technician at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum since 2000, died Sept. 6 at Holy Cross Hospital in
Silver Spring of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was an Upper Marlboro resident.
From 1988 to 2000, he was a computer technician for Xerox in Northern Virginia.
Mr. Ficklin, a native Washingtonian, was a 1970 graduate of the old Western High School. From 1969 to 1973, he worked at the White
House, where he helped clean and stock the kitchen pantry. He also worked part time in the news department of WPFW-FM radio in
Washington.
In the mid-1970s, he was a sound technician at Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park before touring with the 1970s funk band
Graham Central Station.
He was a member of Ward Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church in Northeast Washington, where he was a trustee and during the
1970s played bass guitar for the young adult choir. Later, he played bass guitar with the choir at Campbell African Methodist Episcopal
Church in Southeast Washington.
Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Doretha Wilson Ficklin of Upper Marlboro; two children, Charles W. Ficklin and James E. Ficklin, both
of Upper Marlboro; and a brother, John W. Ficklin of Bowie.
-- Lauren Wiseman