DICKSON FUNERAL WILL BE SUNDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Dickson, 50, of 413 Mill street, wife of W. H. Dickson, Mt. Vernon agent for the Railway Express Co., whose
body was found in the Ohio river at the foot of Wolflin street yesterday afternoon will be held at the Church of Christ Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rites will be in charge of Brother
Layton Hall of the Church of Christ at Henderson, Ky. The body will then be taken to Wildersville, Tenn., for a short service at 2 p.m. Monday and burial will be in Sellers
cemetery near Huntington, Tenn.
Mrs. Dickson is believed to have entered the Ohio river shortly before noon yesterday. Her clothes were found on the
river bank about 150 yards above the place where the body was recovered. All
efforts of the Mt. Vernon Fire Department and a local physician with the aid of
the Fire Department resuscitator were in vain.
Acting Coroner Ernest Cross was summoned but could not be reached
this morning to ascertain if a verdict had been returned.
The deceased came here with her family 11 1⁄2 years ago from
Martin, Tenn. She often assisted her husband at the
express company office. Mrs. Dickson was an active and devout lifelong member
of the Church of Christ and also was a member of the Mt. Vernon Business and
Professional Women's club.
Near surviving relatives are the husband; a daughter; Mrs. Charles
A. Hames, Mt. Vernon; the parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Tilson, Wildersville,
Tenn; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Ann
Brandon, Wildersville; a brother,
Joseph B. Tilson, Lexington, Tenn., and two grand children.
The body will remain at the Short Funeral Home until the hour of
funeral service tomorrow at the Church of Christ.
*- Local paper
unknown - marked Jul 26, 1952
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers