Fannie Ellis Dickenson

Fannie Ellis Dickenson Fannie Ellis Dickenson, age 96 of the Mudfork community of North Tazewell, VA, passed away Mon., Aug. 10, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA. Born April 24, 1913 at Williamson, WV, she was a daughter of the late James William Dickenson and Viola Kinzer Dickenson. She was a member of the Mudfork Church of Christ. She retired in 1979 from the nursing field. She began her career at the Clinch Valley Hospital, Richlands, VA, and retired from St. Luke's Hospital, Bluefield WV. She was also a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Miss Dickenson was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Dickenson Sluss; four brothers, Woodrow Dickenson, Roy Dickenson, Phillip Dickenson, and Samuel Dickenson; two nephews, Phillip Sluss and Wallace Dickenson. She is survived by a brother, Walter Dickenson of Baker City, OR; sisters-in-law, Claremont Dickenson Logan and Dorothy Dickenson Atwell of North Tazewell, VA; nieces and nephews, Wilbur Sluss and wife, Tressa, Zelma Karnes, Wayne Sluss and wife, Mary, Donald Sluss and wife, Maisie, Phyllis Wingo and husband, Gordon, Ruth Fields and husband, Jerry, Connie D. Robinson and husband, David, Linda Roach, Juanita "Nita" Musick and husband, Garnett, Roy "Eddie" Dickenson and wife, Sharon, Ethel Malone and husband, Don, Janey Reintsma and husband, Art, Patti McBride and husband, Roger, Bobby Dickenson and wife, Missy, Sam Dickenson and wife, Paula, Deborah Moretz, Karen Pledger and husband, John, Jimmy Dickenson and wife, Michelle, numerous great-nieces and nephews, great great-nieces and nephews, and Louise Leslie, longtime close and dear friend. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Fri., Aug. 14, 2009, at the Mudfork Church of Christ with Minister Johnnie Elmore officiating. Burial followed at the Dickenson Family Cemetery at Mudfork, VA. Great nephews served as pallbearers and friends as honorary pallbearers. The family received friends at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell, VA from 6-9 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 13, 2009. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mudfork Church of Christ, 6142 Mudfork Rd., Bluefield, VA 24605.