DICKERSON, James - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

James Dickerson, 65 of Danville, Ill died suddenly of a heart attack at Rockfield cemetery near Veedersburg Sunday afternoon while assisting at the funeral of Leonard Wall of Cayuga. Mr. Dickerson was an employee of the Neff Vault Company of Danville and was assisting in the installation of a cement burial vault for the Wall burial. Coroner Wisher Myers of Veedersburg, who investigated, learned that Mr. Dickerson had been ill with influenza about two weeks ago and it was thought that he went back to work too soon after his sickness. He was reported never to have suffered from heart trouble in the past. H.C. Fishero, Veedersburg undertaker, who was standing near Mr. Dickerson at the cemetery, said that he seemed to be in good spirits until he suddenly murmured two or three words and fell backward on the pile of earth by the grave. The body was removed to a Danville Funeral home with services on Wednesday.