Obituaries: Emma Mask Dickerson, 1945, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 18, 1945 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. J. Dickerson Succumbs In New Orleans Oct. 17

Funeral Services To Be Held Friday At Jerusalem

Mrs. Emma Mask Dickerson, 71, of Winnfield, died in a New Orleans hospital
Wednesday as the result of a lengthy illness.  Her body was carried to the
home of her son, O. O. Dickerson, Sr., in Winnfield Thursday afternoon where
it will remain until funeral services are conducted Friday.

Funeral services will be held at the Jerusalem Baptist Church five miles
southwest of Winnfield at 10:30 a.m. Friday by the Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church of Winnfield.  Interment will be in the Jerusalem
Cemetery.  Edmonds Funeral Home will be in charge.

Mrs. Dickerson has resided in Winn Parish most of her life.  She was a member
of the First Methodist Church of Winnfield.

Surviving are her husband, J. W. Dickerson; four sons, Olan O. Dickerson, 
Sedric Dickerson, Orville Dickerson and Alvin Dickerson, all of Winnfield; 
three daughters, Mrs. Audry Porter and Mrs. Frank Seramour, both of New 
Orleans, and Mrs. Sam Parker of Shreveport; two brothers, Wesley Mask of 
Monroe, La., and Tally Mask of Curryville, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Willis 
Holmes of Jena; and fourteen grandchildren.