Isle of Wight-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dickerson, Charles M., 1968 

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CHARLES MONROE DICKERSON 

  Charlie Monroe Dickerson, 52, of 232 Holliday St., died at 5:10 a.m. today 
in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  A native of Southampton County and a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, 
he was a member of the Richie Brittle Sunday school class.  He was employed 
at Planters for 20 years as a painter. 

  The husband of Mrs. Nellie Mae Braswell Holland Dickerson, he was the son 
of Mrs. Lizzie Mae Bowden Dickerson of Suffolk and the late Richard Harvey 
Dickerson Sr. 

  Besides his wife he is survived by one step-son, Francis Odell Holland of 
Windsor; three sisters, Mrs. W.T. Edwards of Windsor, Mrs. Martha H. Hedgepeth 
of Courtland and Mrs. Nannie Bell Leonard of Zuni; three brothers, Oscar James 
Dickerson of Chuckatuck, Richard H. Dickerson Jr. of Rushmere and Joseph H. 
Dickerson of Courtland, and two grandchildren. 

  The funeral will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill Funeral Home 
by the Rev. Carroll W. Lewis and Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will follow in 
Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 

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CHARLIE M. DICKERSON 

  Funeral services for Charlie Monroe Dickerson, who died Thursday, were 
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home by 
the Rev. Carroll W. Lewis and Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial was in Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery in Isle of Wight County. 

  Pallbearers were: Earl Dickerson, Bobby Dickerson, Junior Dickerson, David 
Wells, Johnnie Wells, William T. Edwards, William H. Gardner, and Joe Call. 

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Courtland Personal 
[...] 

  Relatives and friends here attended the funeral service of Charles Monroe 
Dickerson in Suffolk Saturday afternoon, with burial in the Antioch Christian 
Church cemetery.  Mr. Dickerson was a brother of Mrs. Martha H. Hedgepeth of 
Courtland and Joe Dickerson of Newport News, a former resident of Courtland. 

[...] 


"Charlie" Charles Monroe DICKERSON, of Suffolk, Planters painter, 
b. 7 Feb 1916, Southampton Co., d. 12 Sep 1968, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 14 Sep 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 220, Thurs., Sep. 12, 1968, p. 16; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 222, Sun., Sep. 15, 1968, p. 10; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 226, Thurs., Sep. 19, 1968, p. 15 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104798266. 

D.Cert. 68-028316 gives his mother as May BOWDEN. 

His parents are buried in the BOWDEN family cemetery on Sandpit Rd., 
   just outside Zuni.  {IWCHS GSSTF #105} 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Jan. 1987) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/d262n1ob.txt 

His paternal grandfather, James D. DICKERSON, was the last surviving 
   Confederate veteran in Nansemond Co.  He served in Co. H, 18th VA 
   Infantry, and was paroled at Appomattox C.H.  He is buried in Mill 
   Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery.   {IWCHS GSSTF #55} 
   His obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Oct. 1948) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d262j1ob.txt 


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