Nansemond-Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dickerson, J. Douglas, 1955 

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Onetime Merchant Here Dies in Accomack Co. 

  J. Douglas Dickerson, who ran a 5-and-10 store in Suffolk for a number of 
years around the turn of the century, died yesterday at his home at Modest 
Town, Accomack County, Va. 

  Funeral services were to be conducted this afternoon at the Modest Town 
Baptist Church, to which Dickerson belonged for many years. 

  He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Carroll Matthews, and a son, 
J. Douglas Dickerson, Jr. 

  Dickerson, who was about 83, left Suffolk around 1914 to return to his home 
in Accomack after disposing of his store on Washington Square.  He engaged in 
farming for the remainder of his active life. 


Jesse Douglas DICKERSON, farmer, former Suffolk merchant, 
b. 10 Feb 1870, Accomack Co., d. 16 Jul 1955, at home, Modest Town, Accomack Co., 
interred in Parksley Cemetery*, Parksley, Accomack Co., 17 Jul 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 158, Sun., July 17, 1955, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Photos of his gravestone & amily plot - added by Brian E. Dickerson - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #166307973. 

He & Alice Custis NORTHAM (1876 - 1965) m. 4 Sep 1907 in Modest Town. 
   Alice was a first cousin, twice removed, of Ralph Shearer NORTHAM, 
   Governor of VA 2018 - 2022. 

D.Cert. 15917 (Metompkin #13) gives son of Jesse & Suzanne (BYRD) DICKERSON. 


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