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John R. Dickey Will Be Buried in West View Friday. Atlanta Business, Fraternal and Social Leader Succumbs. Funeral services for John Rucker Dickey, 82, at one time a prominent Atlanta business, fraternal and social leader, will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Spring Hill. Dr. Lovie D. Newton will officiate. Burial will be in West View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his nephews, James L., Eugene, J. Benton and J. Rucker Dickey, I.N. Lozier, J.E. and Carl McNelly and George Dickey Barrett. Honorary escorts will be furnished by the fraternal orders to which he had devoted a large portion of his more active years. Mr. Dickey, a native of Mineral Bluff in Fannin County, died Wednesday afternoon at 866 Euclid Avenue, his home. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education at schools in Maryville, Tennessee. Removing to Atlanta sixty years ago, he enrolled in a course of study in commercial school and later went with the W. & A. Railroad as cashier, a connection he held for ten years. Afterwards, he became associated with the Atlanta Stove Works, remaining for seventeen years. He was secretary and treasurer of the concern for some time. Mr. Dickey, who was a thirty-third degree Mason, was a member of the Gate City Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M. of which he was a past master; the Mount Zion Chapter, R. & S. M.: Atlanta Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he was commander in 1899-1900, and the Scottish Rite. He was several years president of the Board of Masonic Hall Trustee and for a decade headed the Masons’ Annuity here. In 1907-1908 he was grand commander of the Georgia Commandery of Knights Templar. Church work claimed a large portion of his interests and was a member of the Druid Hills Baptist Church at the time of his death. He was a leader in civic circles. He was married to the former Miss Lucy A. Fox, of Marion, Alabama, and the couple would have observed their golden wedding anniversary in October. His wife and several nieces and nephews survive.
John R. Dickey Will Be Buried in West View Friday. Atlanta Business, Fraternal and Social Leader Succumbs. Funeral services for John Rucker Dickey, 82, at one time a prominent Atlanta business, fraternal and social leader, will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Spring Hill. Dr. Lovie D. Newton will officiate. Burial will be in West View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his nephews, James L., Eugene, J. Benton and J. Rucker Dickey, I.N. Lozier, J.E. and Carl McNelly and George Dickey Barrett. Honorary escorts will be furnished by the fraternal orders to which he had devoted a large portion of his more active years. Mr. Dickey, a native of Mineral Bluff in Fannin County, died Wednesday afternoon at 866 Euclid Avenue, his home. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education at schools in Maryville, Tennessee. Removing to Atlanta sixty years ago, he enrolled in a course of study in commercial school and later went with the W. & A. Railroad as cashier, a connection he held for ten years. Afterwards, he became associated with the Atlanta Stove Works, remaining for seventeen years. He was secretary and treasurer of the concern for some time. Mr. Dickey, who was a thirty-third degree Mason, was a member of the Gate City Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M. of which he was a past master; the Mount Zion Chapter, R. & S. M.: Atlanta Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he was commander in 1899-1900, and the Scottish Rite. He was several years president of the Board of Masonic Hall Trustee and for a decade headed the Masons’ Annuity here. In 1907-1908 he was grand commander of the Georgia Commandery of Knights Templar. Church work claimed a large portion of his interests and was a member of the Druid Hills Baptist Church at the time of his death. He was a leader in civic circles. He was married to the former Miss Lucy A. Fox, of Marion, Alabama, and the couple would have observed their golden wedding anniversary in October. His wife and several nieces and nephews survive.
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John R. Dickey Will Be Buried in West View Friday. Atlanta Business, Fraternal and Social Leader Succumbs. Funeral services for John Rucker Dickey, 82, at one time a prominent Atlanta business, fraternal and social leader, will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Spring Hill. Dr. Lovie D. Newton will officiate. Burial will be in West View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his nephews, James L., Eugene, J. Benton and J. Rucker Dickey, I.N. Lozier, J.E. and Carl McNelly and George Dickey Barrett. Honorary escorts will be furnished by the fraternal orders to which he had devoted a large portion of his more active years. Mr. Dickey, a native of Mineral Bluff in Fannin County, died Wednesday afternoon at 866 Euclid Avenue, his home. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education at schools in Maryville, Tennessee. Removing to Atlanta sixty years ago, he enrolled in a course of study in commercial school and later went with the W. & A. Railroad as cashier, a connection he held for ten years. Afterwards, he became associated with the Atlanta Stove Works, remaining for seventeen years. He was secretary and treasurer of the concern for some time. Mr. Dickey, who was a thirty-third degree Mason, was a member of the Gate City Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M. of which he was a past master; the Mount Zion Chapter, R. & S. M.: Atlanta Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he was commander in 1899-1900, and the Scottish Rite. He was several years president of the Board of Masonic Hall Trustee and for a decade headed the Masons’ Annuity here. In 1907-1908 he was grand commander of the Georgia Commandery of Knights Templar. Church work claimed a large portion of his interests and was a member of the Druid Hills Baptist Church at the time of his death. He was a leader in civic circles. He was married to the former Miss Lucy A. Fox, of Marion, Alabama, and the couple would have observed their golden wedding anniversary in October. His wife and several nieces and nephews survive.
John R. Dickey Will Be Buried in West View Friday. Atlanta Business, Fraternal and Social Leader Succumbs. Funeral services for John Rucker Dickey, 82, at one time a prominent Atlanta business, fraternal and social leader, will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Spring Hill. Dr. Lovie D. Newton will officiate. Burial will be in West View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his nephews, James L., Eugene, J. Benton and J. Rucker Dickey, I.N. Lozier, J.E. and Carl McNelly and George Dickey Barrett. Honorary escorts will be furnished by the fraternal orders to which he had devoted a large portion of his more active years. Mr. Dickey, a native of Mineral Bluff in Fannin County, died Wednesday afternoon at 866 Euclid Avenue, his home. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education at schools in Maryville, Tennessee. Removing to Atlanta sixty years ago, he enrolled in a course of study in commercial school and later went with the W. & A. Railroad as cashier, a connection he held for ten years. Afterwards, he became associated with the Atlanta Stove Works, remaining for seventeen years. He was secretary and treasurer of the concern for some time. Mr. Dickey, who was a thirty-third degree Mason, was a member of the Gate City Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M. of which he was a past master; the Mount Zion Chapter, R. & S. M.: Atlanta Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he was commander in 1899-1900, and the Scottish Rite. He was several years president of the Board of Masonic Hall Trustee and for a decade headed the Masons’ Annuity here. In 1907-1908 he was grand commander of the Georgia Commandery of Knights Templar. Church work claimed a large portion of his interests and was a member of the Druid Hills Baptist Church at the time of his death. He was a leader in civic circles. He was married to the former Miss Lucy A. Fox, of Marion, Alabama, and the couple would have observed their golden wedding anniversary in October. His wife and several nieces and nephews survive.
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