Freestone County, Texas Obituaries Fairfield Recorder newspaper December 18, 2008 Pearlene T. (Willis) Dickens Funeral services were held Saturday for Pearlene T. Dickens, 75, of Fairfield who died Monday, Dec. 8, at Fairfield Nursing and Rehab. Mrs. Dickens was born in Freestone county on April 11, 1933. She worked as a housekeeper in the Fairfield area. Services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Cornerstone Full Gospel Church with Apostle David D. Ransom, Sr. officiating. Interment followed at Rock Island Cemetery in Fairfield. Mrs. Dickens is survived by her husband, James Howard "Sambo" Dickens of Fairfield; brothers, Johnnie 8 of Fairfield and Theodore Willis, Jr. and his wife Dorothy of Dallas; sisters, Margaret McGree of Fairfield and Lou Rainer Johnson of Dallas; godson, Elijah Ransom of Fairfield; special nieces, Amber McGree and Destiny; and brother-inlaw, Elawrence Gabriel and wife Wanda Nell of Fairfield. Arrangements were made by Moore's Angelic Funeral Home of Teague.