Obituaries: Ellis Jack Dickerson, 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 20, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise

E. J. Dickerson Succumbs At His Home Monday

Funeral Services Tuesday With Interment In Jerusalem Cemetery

Funeral services for Ellis Jack Dickerson, 56 years, 11 months and 9 days of
age, who died at his home in Winnfield, Monday night, at 10:45, were held at
the First Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with the pastor,
Rev. K. W. Dodson, in charge.  He was assisted in the services by Rev. Alwin
Stokes, pastor Presbyterian Church, and Dr. B. C. Land, pastor Baptist Church. 
Interment was in the Jerusalem Cemetery.

Pallbearers were members of the local Masonic Order: J. R. Hall, W. U.
Drewett, J. W. Walker, Joe Mitchell, John J. Peters, and Bryant Sholars.

Mr. Dickerson had been in ill health for a long time.  Last January he
underwent an operation at a Shreveport hospital and had been confined to his
bed since.  He was a native of Winn Parish and lived practically his entire
life in Winnfield.  In his younger days he taught school in this parish.  He
was a member of the local Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his widow, three sons and one daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. M.
L. Dickerson and E. J. Dickerson, Jr., of Jonesboro; and Malvern G. Dickerson
of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. W. H. Williams of Winnfield and Mrs. B. B.
Jennings of Montgomery; three brothers, J. W. Dickerson, H. L. Dickerson, and
J. F. Dickerson, Winnfield.

Among the out of town relatives and friends besides the immediate family,
attending the last rites were Mrs. R. O. Byrnes and Otto Dickerson,
Shreveport; Audie Moffett, Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Dickerson and Henry
Jackson, Longview; Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Jennings and family of Campti.