Rickie Ray "Speed" Thompkins, 36, of Princeton, died, in Princeton. Born August 9, 1986, in Princeton, he is the son of Rickie R. Thompkins Sr. of Princeton and the late Eva D. White Thompkins. Rickie was a self-employed painter. Survivors in addition to his father, a son Jayden Wyatt Thompkins, sisters, April Dawn Murphy, Erica Mae Nicholes (Russell) along with a niece and two nephews. He has been cremated. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Online condolences may be shared with the family via www.memorialfd.com . The Thompkins family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation center on the Athens Road in Princeton.