Dickerson - George W, Jr.
GEORGE W. DICKERSON
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 27-Mar-1963 p5
George W. (Knobby) Dickerson Jr., 78, of 316 North St., died at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Culver Hospital. He had been seriously ill one week. Mr. Dickerson was a rural mail carrier, having served in that capacity 29 years until his retirement in 1946. More recently he served on the Board of Police Commissioners. He was born April 28, 1884, in Crawfordsville, a son of George W. and Mary Coyle Dickerson. He was twice married. He was first married in 1904 to Opal Snyder. She died in 1918. His second marriage was to Laura Maxwell, who died in 1948. Surviving are five sons, Karl, Phillip, Ed, Ralph and Paul, all of Crawfordsville; a daughter, Mrs. Harry Burke of Crawfordsville; three brothers, John of Sheridan, Louis of Lake Worth, Fla. and Frank of Crawfordsville; three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Augistine of South Bend, Mrs. Mae Lucas of Burlington, Iowa and Mrs. Linnie Carver of Hendersonville, N. C.; a step son, Lawrence Maxwell of Arizona; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Thelma Lucas of Lake Worth, Fla. and Mrs. Cora Fields of Crawfordsville; 22 grandchildren, 16 stepgrandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons. Funeral services are announced for 2 p.m. Friday at the Hunt & Son Funeral Home here with Rev. John Servies officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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