Obituaries

Survivors include his wife, Jean L. Poppleton of Reston; six children from his first marriage, Lucinda H. Frend of Greenbelt, Richard J. Poppleton Jr. of Alexandria, James J. Poppleton of Great Falls, Patricia A. Brewer of Broad Run, Joan C. Reyla of Anchorage and Scott T. Poppleton of Manlius, N.Y.; three stepchildren, Steve Lockard of Brunswick, Md., and Danny Lockard and Leslie Nisson, both of Fort Myers, Fla.; two sisters; a brother; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Judy NicksLanham Lawyer

Judy Nicks, 48, a lawyer in private practice in Lanham, died July 18 of a cerebral hemorrhage at her home in Greenbelt.

Ms. Nicks was born in Siluria, Ala., and grew up in various cities across the country as part of an Air Force family.

She was a 1981 honors graduate of Howard University and a 1984 graduate of Washington and Lee University's law school.

After passing the bar, Ms. Nicks had to choose between practicing law or pursuing a singing career in New York and Los Angeles.

She became a claims adjuster with All State Insurance and then joined the law firm of James Taylor, a retired Prince George's County Circuit Court judge. In 1990, she opened a practice specializing in bankruptcy law, personal injury law, domestic relations and general civil forms.

Ms. Nicks was a member of professional organizations and a Prince George's chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Survivors include her parents, Earl and Evelyn Nicks of Glenn Dale; a brother, Earl Jerome "Jerry" Nicks of Upper Marlboro; and a grandmother, Dorthola Nicks of Montevallo, Ala.