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Born July 20, 1930, in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Isadore W. Dickerson and the late Ernestine Gibbons Dickerson. She was a telephone operator with Southern Bell Co. in Sears, New Jersey.
Survivors include one son, Terry Clark; one daughter, Cyndi Freeman (Chris); two granddaughters, Tracey Osteen and Patsy K. Hair; one grandson, Patrick Hatter; five great-grandchildren, Celsie Windle, Candace Osteen, Krissy Leugers, Kate Lyn Hair and Christopher Hair; two step grandchildren, Cristopher Freeman and Michael Freeman; two sisters, Eloise Timmons and Betty Ann Leonard; one brother, William LeRoy Dickerson and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Ann Bell; one sister, Martha Elma Brown.
A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dr. David Richardson officiating. Burial will be in the Sumter cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
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