Lois Dickey Lively

LIVELY WINSTON-SALEM Lois Dickey Lively Aug. 18, 1917 - Jan. 30, 2012 Lois Dickey Lively died Monday, January 30, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, February 3, 2012 in Smith Saal on the campus of Salemtowne. The family will receive friends after the service. Lois was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama on August 18, 1917 to Otto Taylor and Mattie Martin Dickey. She graduated from Alabama College at Montevallo where she was named to the honorary societies Pi Mu Epsilon and Kappa Delta Pi. She earned her M.A. Degree in the teaching of English at Columbia University Teachers College in New York. She was married to Beauford C. "Boots" Lively for 54 years. They made their home primarily in Charleston and Lewisburg, WV. Lois was a homemaker and mother but was very active in every community in which she lived. Her energies were directed toward garden clubs, United Way, Public Libraries, YWCAs, Sunrise Art Museum, Carnegie Hall of Lewisburg, AAUW, PEO, Stitch-A-Bits and the Tuesdays' Ladies. She taught in public schools and their homebound students programs, American Institute of Banking, Laubach Literacy Foundation, Church School classes, Presbyterian Women's Circles (for 50 years) and did private tutoring for boys entering boarding schools. She was a member of Old Stone Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg and an active resident of Salemtowne for over 7 years. Lois is predeceased by her husband "Boots,"; her grandson Russell Andrew Britt and her sister Mary Emma Dickey Kirkland. She is survived by her son R. Neil Lively and his wife Gale of Louisville, KY; daughter Hannah Lively Britt and her husband Sydney of Greensboro; and daughter Eleanor Lively Russell and her husband David of Clemmons. She leaves four grandchildren Janet Lively Heberle and her husband Doug of Louisville, KY; Charles Britt and his wife Jennifer of Richmond, VA, Katie Russell Willard and her husband Ricky of Clemmons and Taylor Russell of Clemmons. There are two great-grandchildren William and Syd Britt of Richmond, Va. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to Salemtowne Residents' Assistance Fund, 1000 Salemtowne Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 or to any other charity.