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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Laurie W. Dickey
Laurie W.
Dickey
September 24, 1919 – June 8, 2016
Laurie W. Dickey's Obituary
Funeral services for Laurie W. Dickey will be on Monday, June 13, 2016, at Lucien Baptist Church in Lucien, MS, at 1 PM with burial to follow in the Lucien Baptist Church Cemetery in Lucien, MS. Bro. Chad Yarborough, Bro. Carroll Walker and Bro. Garland Boyd will be officiating the services. Brookhaven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Lucien Baptist Church on Monday, June 13, 2016, from 11 AM until the time of the service at 1 PM.
Mrs. Dickey, 96, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born on September 24, 1919, in Franklin County, MS, to Clarence and Leatha Byrd Wooten. On June 7, 1942, she married William Percy (W.P.) Dickey. They had three children, Brenda Dickey Grice, W.P. (Sonny) Dickey, Jr. and Marilyn Dickey Smith. She enjoyed reading, traveling, playing solitaire on her computer and spending time with her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
After graduating from Lucien High School, she attended Copiah-Lincoln Junior College and then received her BS degree in English from MS Southern College in Hattiesburg, MS. She later received her Master's degree from Mississippi College in Clinton, MS. She began her teaching career in Franklin County and then taught in Holly Bluff, MS. After returning home to Lucien, she taught at Bude, Lucien, West Lincoln, McCall Creek, Meadville and Franklin High in Meadville. She retired at Franklin High after teaching for a total of 37 ½ years.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Clarence and Leatha Byrd Wooten; husband of 57 ½ years, William Percy (W.P.) Dickey; son-in-law, Victor "Butch" Grice; and 2 sisters.
Survivors are her daughters, Brenda Dickey Grice of Grapevine, TX, and Marilyn Dickey Smith and husband Johnny of Brookhaven, MS; son, Sonny Dickey and wife Martha of Meadville, MS; grandchildren, Lisa Grice Crawford and husband David, Brad Grice, Trey Dickey and wife Leigh, Haley Dickey, Chris Smith and wife Brandy, and Eric Smith; great grandchildren, Maddie, Sarah, Anna Grace, Jackson, Mallory, Carter, Cameron, Gracie, Trevor and Slay; and a host of family and friends.
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