Athens-Gallia County OhArchives Obituaries.....Dickerson, Emmett Willard November 26, 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Strojin karstroj@cs.com May 19, 2006, 6:43 am This article was clipped and saved by my mother, Emmett's daughter,. The source and date of the article is unknown. Emmett Willard Dickerson Born: April 23, 1899, Gallia Co., OH Died: November 26, 1947, Hocking Mine #25 Buried: November 29, 1947, Greenlawn Cemetary, Athens Co., OH Spouse: Elizabeth Agnes Sofranko Parents: Enoch R. Dickerson & Elizabeth Miller Grandparents: Enoch R. Dickerson & Mahetable Holcomb Bone Coal Fall Fatally Hurts Chauncey Man CHAUNCEY -- A Chauncey resident was injured fatally and a fellow worker hurt in a bone coal fall at Hocking Mine 25, Wednesday afternoon, mine officials reported today. The death victim was Emmett Dickerson, 48, who died in Sheltering Arms Hospital at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, three hours and five minutes after the accident. He suffered a crushed chest and a broken right leg. Suffering apparently minor injuries was his buddy, Lester Locke. Locke was taken to his home in Morristown. Mr. Dickerson was the last of a family of nine children. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Simmers, Chauncey, with whom he made his home, and Mrs. Betty Palmer, Cleveland; also, one son, Jack Dickerson, Norfolk, Va. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Chauncey Methodist Church, by the Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery, Nelsonville. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/athens/obits/dickerso438nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb