Obit of Dickerson, Donald Alvin - Harmon County, Oklahoma

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Donald Alvin Dickerson

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Donald Alvin "Uncle Jeff" Dickerson, 89, died 
Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004.

Memorial services were at 1 p.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian 
Church in Taos. Arrangements were by Sunrise Funeral Options.

Mr. Dickerson was born Nov. 11, 1914, in Gould, Okla., to Alvin and 
Hallie Dickerson. He received his bachelor's degree on a basketball 
scholarship from Panhandle A&M in Goodwell, Okla., and a master's 
degree from Highlands University.

He served in the Army during World War II. He was a teacher, 
basketball coach, an administrator in Vilais, Colo., and Griggs, 
Okla, and a school principal in Amarillo, Texas, at Glenwood and 
Lawndale elementary schools until his retirement in 1972.

He was a member of Lions Club International in Amarillo and Taos. He 
was especially fond of operating the Taos Lions Club merry-go-round 
Tio Vivo every Fiesta.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dixie Mason in 1996.

Survivors include his wife, Ada, of Fort Worth, Texas and Taos; three 
children, John and Kathleen, both of Santa Fe and Bob of Amarillo; 
three grandchildren, Scott, Cindy and Brent, all of Amarillo; a 
great-grandson, Payton; a sister, Alice Beth of Connecticut; four 
stepchildren, Ann of Fort Worth, David of San Antonio, Dick of Dallas 
and Baker of San Francisco; and many nieces and nephews.

Special thanks from the family to his nieces, Lou Ann Hall of 
Amarillo and Laurie Dickerson of Taos, the Hiems family and staff of 
Plaza de Retiro for their loving care and attention.

The family suggests memorials be to Taos Lions Club, 1417 Phillips 
St., Taos, NM 87571.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 20 & 22, 2004
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