Betty E. Dickerson (Lawson), beloved wife of Kenneth Dickerson for 73 years and mother of James Braxton Dickerson and Denise Lorrie Dickerson, passed away Saturday morning at the age of 90. She was preceded in death by her parents, James E. Lawson and Mattie A. Lawson (Haddock); brothers, Thomas, Reeder J., Grover E., William Talbert, Delbert Lee, and James Oliver; a sister, Rhoda Watkins; and a great-grandson, Karl (Fidg) Dickerson.
She is survived by her grandchildren, Faith Hawkins (Dickerson), Michael Dickerson, David Dickerson, Lorri Shannon (Dickerson), Marie Dickerson, James Dickerson II, Kenneth (Colt) Dickerson, and Kristina Forrester (Sabatini); and great-grandchildren, Campbell Dickerson, Eric Dickerson, Conner Shannon, Dylan Shannon, Addison Shannon, and Falcon Dickerson.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Greenhill Funeral Home. The funeral will be Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at 11 a.m. in the chapel at Greenhill Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Tabernacle Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Michael Dickerson, Charles Dickerson, Adam Dickerson, Aron Dickerson, Kenneth (Colt) Dickerson, and Phillip Watkins.
Honorary pallbearers are James B. Dickerson Sr., David Dickerson, Otis Ray Dickerson, Gary Dickerson, James B. Dickerson II, Bruce Lawson, Keith Rhodes, Bobby Drinkwine, Nick Holt, and Michael Watkins.
Greenhill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
