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Funeral Card for Joshua Lawrence Dickerson

Today I'm sharing another funeral home card.  This is for Joshua Lawrence Dickerson.  He was born on 3 June 1828 in Kentucky to William and Esther (Rice) Dickerson.  He married Catherine Cynthia Ann Collins on 23 November 1854 in Macon County, IL.  

The Joshua and Cynthia (Collins) Dickerson Family.  Standing left to right;  Alice Arabella, Lawrence Leander, Charles Richard and Mary Ellen.  Seated left to right:  Margaret Leolla, Joshua Lawrence, Catherine Cynthia Ann and Rosa Dickerson.

 

 Joshua and Cynthia had three other children who were not included in this picture.  Andrew Jackson, Thomas Hamilton, and John W Dickerson.  

 Joshua passed away on 2 Feb 1912 in Charlotte Township, Bates County, MO.  He is buried in Virginia Cemetery in rural Bates County, MO.  

The Dickerson headstone located at Virginia Cemetery.

 

 

Funeral Card Friday

 Today's funeral card is that of my great grandmother Ruby Collins (Dickerson) Grimes.  She was the daughter of Lawrence Leander and Lillie May (Vermillion) Dickerson.  She so detested her middle name that she used the letter "D" instead of Collins.  Collins was her paternal grandmother's last name.  Why she hated it, I don't know. 

Ruby Collins (Dickerson) Grimes as a young girl.