Obit of Mrs. W.L. Dickerson, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the February 10, 1939 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Rites For Mrs. W. L. Dickerson Held at Jerusalem

Member of Well Known Winn Parish Family Dies in Shreveport


Funeral services for Mrs. W. L. Dickerson, who died in Shreveport last
Saturday of a heart attack, were conducted at the Jerusalem Cemetery, four
miles west of here Sunday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock, conducted by the
Rev. B. C. Land, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.  Services at
the home in Shreveport were held earlier in the day by Rev. C. W. Culp of
Shreveport, before bringing the remains here for burial.

Mrs. Dickerson was a member of the Baptist church with which she affiliated in
early girlhood.  She is a sister to the Rev. W. E. Sherwood, a Baptist
minister who is well known in this section, and Sam Sherwood, a prominent
farmer, both of whom reside int eh Sardis Community.  Her husband, W. L.
Dickerson, who preceded her in death about four years ago, was a member of one
of the pioneer families of Winn Parish.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. R. O. Byrnes, and Miss Audette Dickerson,
three sons, Cecil, Floyd, and Otho Dickerson of Shreveport, two sisters, Mrs.
J. F. Dickerson of Winnfield, Mrs. Marion Anders of Tioga, and two brothers,
Rev. W. E. Sherwood and Sam Sherwood of Sardis.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)