Ricky Lee Fulton

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at the Ninnekah First Baptist Church, in Ninnekah, Oklahoma.

In lieu of flowrs, the family would like memorial donations be made to the Oklahoma Community Foundation of Oklahoma Pilots Association (OPA) Scholarships, In Honor of Ricky Fulton, P.O. Box 1146, Oklahoma City, OK 73101.  Online donations may be made at donate.occf.org/memorial-gifts

Ricky Lee Fulton, 58, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 in Emmett, Idaho while helping battle wildfires as an air tanker pilot.  He was born July 31, 1962 in Norman, Oklahoma to Kenneth and Frances (Holley) Fulton.

Ricky grew up in the Lucille Community and attended Ninnekah Public Schools and graduated from Amber-Pocasset High School.  After graduation, he attended Spartan College of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma to become an airplane mechanic.

After receiving his pilot license, he flew crop dusters in Chickasha, Oklahoma; Ashland, Kansas; and Munday, Texas.  He then went on to receive his helicopter licenses and worked in the Wichita, Kansas area.  He worked in Alaska for Tik-Chick Fishing Lodge as a bush pilot and for the Department of Defense in the country of Colombia.  He also trained Colombian pilots in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He came back to Alex, Oklahoma, to start his own business, Custom Air.  Afterwards, he worked in Wichita Falls, Texas; the Illinois area; and Altus, Oklahoma as a spray pilot.  In April 2020, he began working in Sterling, Colorado as a single engine air tanker pilot with Aero Seat, Inc.

For many years, he flew family and friends over the Chickasha Festival of Lights.

Ricky was active in the Oklahoma Aerial Applicators Association, Oklahoma Pilots Association and member of the AOPA and EAA.

He is preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Fulton.

Ricky is survived by his mother, Frances (Holley) Fulton; his brothers, Jay Fulton and wife Diane of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Kyle Fulton and wife Deborah of Weatherford, Oklahoma; and nieces and nephews:  Camille Fulton, Grace Fulton, Jake Fulton, and Evan and Clarissa (Fulton) Walton; and great nephew: Gregory Walton.

Interment will be at the Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home, Chickasha, OK.