Obituaries: Julia Bishop Dickerson, 1943, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: December 3, 1943 Winnfield News-American Mrs. J. Dickerson Dies Tuesday A. M. In Urania Clinic Mrs. Julia Dickerson died at the Urania clinic Tuesday morning of this week about 9:30 o'clock, where she had been taken following an acute heart attack at the home of her son, Malvin Dickerson in Jena. She is the widow of the late E. J. Dickerson, since whose death she has made her home with her son, E. J. Dickerson in Jonesboro. The deceased is a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at her home place where the body was brought to await interment. The Rev. H. B. Hysell, the Rev. Alwin Stokes, both of Winnfield, and the Rev. A. D. Gain of Urania, conducted the services. Interment was in the Jerusalem Cemetery five miles west of Winnfield. She is survived by three sons, Manuel Dickerson, with the U. S. Air Corps stationed at Selman Field, Monroe, E. J. Dickerson of Jonesboro, and Malvin Dickerson of Jena; two brothers, Mack Bishop and Jesse Bishop, and one sister, Mrs. Effie Dickerson, of Winnfield.