Obit of Dickenson, Amanda M. [Pope] (d252) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 26 Feb 2004 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Verden News 15 May 1953 SERVICES HELD SUNDAY FOR MRS. SAM DICKENSON Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Dickenson were conducted Sunday, May 10, at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Verden. Rev. Garland Anderson of El Reno, formerly a pastor here and Rev. Kenneth Elkins, pastor, officiated. Interment was in the Verden Cemetery with the Hansen Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Music was rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Adkisson and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Seago who sang "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "Farther Along" and "Sweet Bye and Bye." Mrs. Donald Brown was pianist. Casket bearers were Paul DeBoard, C. B. Dabney, Orval Heavin, Lee Fowler, Donald Brown and Bill McVey. Mrs. Dickenson died at her home Wednesday, May 6, following a two-day illness. She suffered a stroke enroute home from the funeral of Rev. P. F. Harman. Amanda M. Pope was born in Travis County, Texas, January 17, 1878 and passed away at her home in Verden, May 6, 1953 at the age of 75 years, three months and 19 days. She was united in marriage to Sam R. Dickenson December 25, 1892 in Travis County, Texas and to this union was born eight children, one having preceded her in death. The family moved to Oklahoma in 1902, settling around Hobart. They moved to Carnegie in 1916 and to Verden in 1926. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Those left to mourn her departure are her husband, Sam R. Dickenson, Verden; four sons, Jim D. and Willie, Carnegie; Ben F., Chickasha and Dale J., Verden; three daughters, Mrs. Alpha King and Mrs. Reva Miller, Chickasha and Mrs. Bea (?) Novy, Verden; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Frits, San Antonio, Texas and Mrs. Eddie Carlile, Georgetown, Texas; two brothers, Riley Pope, Georgetown, Texas and Wiley Pope, Lyford, Texas: 10 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html