Obituaries: James Frank Dickerson, 1958, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 9, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

J. F. Dickerson, 85, Winn Native, Dies; Buried January 5

James Frank Dickerson, 85, native of Winn Parish, died in a Jackson, La.,
hospital, January 3, 1958, following a long illness.

Mr. Dickerson had lived practically his entire life in Winn Parish with the
exception of the past years which he spent in Baton Rouge with his daughter. 
He was a retired farmer, a member of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church, and a
charter member of the local Woodmen of the World.

Funeral services were conducted at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Sunday at
2 p.m. with the Rev. E. B. Barton and Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating. 
Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Lamarque Killingsworth, J. Daigre, Billy Palmer,
James A. Dickerson, Gordon E. Dickerson, and Roy Dickerson.

Mr. Dickerson is survived by three sons, Lester and Otis of Winnfield, and
Gordon of Redbud, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. G. F. Killingsworth of Baton Rouge;
seven grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Mattie Williams of Winnfield.