THE BAIRD STAR
BAIRD, CALLAHAN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1936
R G DICKERSON DIED MONDAY
R. G. DICKERSON, 85, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CALLAHAN COUNTY, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT 1 P.M. AT HIS HOME NORTHWEST OF BAIRD, FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT 2 O'CLOCK TUESDAY AFTERNOON, RITES BEING CONDUCTED BY REV. JOE R MAYES, PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND REV. BATSELL BAXTER OF ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN ROSS CEMETERY.
ROBERT GIDEON DICKERSON WAS BORN IN BLOUNT COUNTY ALABAMA JULY 23 1851, DIED APRIL 13, 1936. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND ELEVEN CHILDREN, 29 GRANDCHILDREN AND 24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ALL OF THE CHILDREN WERE HERE FOR THE FUNERAL, BUT TWO WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, WHO WERE UNABLE TO COME. THEY ARE: MRS. WALTER EDWARDS, AND W L DICKERSON OF SAN BERNANDO CALIFORNIA. THOSE ATTENDING WERE: B M DICKERSON OF ASPERMONT, TEXAS, MRS. JESSIE TAYLOR OF SWEETWATER, MRS. W E GEORGE, HAMLIN, MESDAMES, HENRY WRIGHT, C. M. WRISTEN, W. H. WRISTEN, A. J. JONES, MISSES GEORGIA AND MERLE DICKERSON, OF BAIRD.
WHEN A YOUNG MAN MR. DICKERSON WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER IN LIFE JOINED THE CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH HIS WIFE, OF WHICH CHURCH HE WAS A MEMBER AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
PALLBEARERS WERE: TWO GRANDSONS BEN DICKERSON AND ROBERT WRISTEN, PAUL WALKER, BURL JONES, CLYDE WHITE AND HOMER DRISKILL.
(information provided by Julie)
THE BAIRD STAR
BAIRD, CALLAHAN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1936
R G DICKERSON DIED MONDAY
R. G. DICKERSON, 85, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CALLAHAN COUNTY, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT 1 P.M. AT HIS HOME NORTHWEST OF BAIRD, FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT 2 O'CLOCK TUESDAY AFTERNOON, RITES BEING CONDUCTED BY REV. JOE R MAYES, PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND REV. BATSELL BAXTER OF ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN ROSS CEMETERY.
ROBERT GIDEON DICKERSON WAS BORN IN BLOUNT COUNTY ALABAMA JULY 23 1851, DIED APRIL 13, 1936. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND ELEVEN CHILDREN, 29 GRANDCHILDREN AND 24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ALL OF THE CHILDREN WERE HERE FOR THE FUNERAL, BUT TWO WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, WHO WERE UNABLE TO COME. THEY ARE: MRS. WALTER EDWARDS, AND W L DICKERSON OF SAN BERNANDO CALIFORNIA. THOSE ATTENDING WERE: B M DICKERSON OF ASPERMONT, TEXAS, MRS. JESSIE TAYLOR OF SWEETWATER, MRS. W E GEORGE, HAMLIN, MESDAMES, HENRY WRIGHT, C. M. WRISTEN, W. H. WRISTEN, A. J. JONES, MISSES GEORGIA AND MERLE DICKERSON, OF BAIRD.
WHEN A YOUNG MAN MR. DICKERSON WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER IN LIFE JOINED THE CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH HIS WIFE, OF WHICH CHURCH HE WAS A MEMBER AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
PALLBEARERS WERE: TWO GRANDSONS BEN DICKERSON AND ROBERT WRISTEN, PAUL WALKER, BURL JONES, CLYDE WHITE AND HOMER DRISKILL.
(information provided by Julie)
Family Members
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Benjamin Matthews Dickerson
1879–1967
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Ruff F Dickerson
1880–1931
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Bessie L. Dickerson
1884–1887
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Dosia Ann Wristen Dickerson McCoy
1891–1972
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Cleveland E. Dickerson
1895–1895
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Lora May Dickerson Wristen
1903–1990
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Alta Roberta Dickerson George
1911–1954
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Elsie Lavona Dickerson Jones
1916–1971
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Murl Dickerson Watson
1920–2005
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