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Dr. Mercedes Yvonne McNair Lyda Dickson
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Dr. MERCEDES YVONNE McNAIR LYDA DICKSON (Age 99)
Departed on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. She was preceded in death by husband Ulicious D. Dickson Sr.; parents, Dow and Clara McNair; 12 siblings, son Jerome Lyda, Sr. and Goddaughter Nancy Milner. She is survived by her six children: Avon Lyda, Vernard "Traun" Dickson, Antjuan Matthew Dickson Sr., Mary (William) Minnis, Yolanda Wooten and Sherri Shedon; 10 grandchildren, and many great and great-great grandchildren. Her memorial service is on Monday, March 6. Wake: 10 a.m., Service: 11 a.m. at the Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M St. N.W., Washington, DC 20005. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 4001 Suitland Rd., Hilcrest Heights, MD 20746. Tributes: https://www.marshallmarchfh.com/obituaries/Mercedes-Dickson
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Mercedes McNair Dickson /SHERRI SHEDON
July 1, 2024
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