James "Howard" Dickens, 85 of Rock Creek passed away Monday, April 4, 2011. James was a retired coal miner who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and woodworking.
He was born on July 28, 1925 to the late Clinton Dickens (1894-1974) and Ruby Pearl Webb-Dickens (1902-1984).
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Virginia Lee Fox-Dickens (B. 1936) whom he married on April 24, 1953 in Packsville, Raleigh County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Raleigh County, WV, 1953, Page 386, Application Date: April 11, 1953); sons, Rex Dickens of Beckley, James Lee Dickens & wife Brenda Kay Dickens of Masseyville, Randall Wayne Dickens of Shady Spring, and Seldon Keith Dickens of Beckley; eleven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Harry Dickens and Charles "Larry" Dickens (1941-2019); and sisters, Myrtle Dickens-Linville (1929-2017), Margaret Mae Dickens-Hamm (1928-2015), Joyce Jean Dickens-Alderman (1937-2019), Melba A. Dickens-Williams-Sweazea (1934-2012), Thelma "Marie" Dickens-Miller (B. 1932), and Judy Annette Dickens-Wiley-Groft (1945-2020).
Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home with Pastor Larry Kinder officiating. Burial will follow at Miller Cemetery, Rock Creek.
He was born on July 28, 1925 to the late Clinton Dickens (1894-1974) and Ruby Pearl Webb-Dickens (1902-1984).
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Virginia Lee Fox-Dickens (B. 1936) whom he married on April 24, 1953 in Packsville, Raleigh County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Raleigh County, WV, 1953, Page 386, Application Date: April 11, 1953); sons, Rex Dickens of Beckley, James Lee Dickens & wife Brenda Kay Dickens of Masseyville, Randall Wayne Dickens of Shady Spring, and Seldon Keith Dickens of Beckley; eleven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Harry Dickens and Charles "Larry" Dickens (1941-2019); and sisters, Myrtle Dickens-Linville (1929-2017), Margaret Mae Dickens-Hamm (1928-2015), Joyce Jean Dickens-Alderman (1937-2019), Melba A. Dickens-Williams-Sweazea (1934-2012), Thelma "Marie" Dickens-Miller (B. 1932), and Judy Annette Dickens-Wiley-Groft (1945-2020).
Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home with Pastor Larry Kinder officiating. Burial will follow at Miller Cemetery, Rock Creek.
James "Howard" Dickens, 85 of Rock Creek passed away Monday, April 4, 2011. James was a retired coal miner who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and woodworking.
He was born on July 28, 1925 to the late Clinton Dickens (1894-1974) and Ruby Pearl Webb-Dickens (1902-1984).
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Virginia Lee Fox-Dickens (B. 1936) whom he married on April 24, 1953 in Packsville, Raleigh County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Raleigh County, WV, 1953, Page 386, Application Date: April 11, 1953); sons, Rex Dickens of Beckley, James Lee Dickens & wife Brenda Kay Dickens of Masseyville, Randall Wayne Dickens of Shady Spring, and Seldon Keith Dickens of Beckley; eleven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Harry Dickens and Charles "Larry" Dickens (1941-2019); and sisters, Myrtle Dickens-Linville (1929-2017), Margaret Mae Dickens-Hamm (1928-2015), Joyce Jean Dickens-Alderman (1937-2019), Melba A. Dickens-Williams-Sweazea (1934-2012), Thelma "Marie" Dickens-Miller (B. 1932), and Judy Annette Dickens-Wiley-Groft (1945-2020).
Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home with Pastor Larry Kinder officiating. Burial will follow at Miller Cemetery, Rock Creek.
He was born on July 28, 1925 to the late Clinton Dickens (1894-1974) and Ruby Pearl Webb-Dickens (1902-1984).
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Virginia Lee Fox-Dickens (B. 1936) whom he married on April 24, 1953 in Packsville, Raleigh County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Raleigh County, WV, 1953, Page 386, Application Date: April 11, 1953); sons, Rex Dickens of Beckley, James Lee Dickens & wife Brenda Kay Dickens of Masseyville, Randall Wayne Dickens of Shady Spring, and Seldon Keith Dickens of Beckley; eleven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Harry Dickens and Charles "Larry" Dickens (1941-2019); and sisters, Myrtle Dickens-Linville (1929-2017), Margaret Mae Dickens-Hamm (1928-2015), Joyce Jean Dickens-Alderman (1937-2019), Melba A. Dickens-Williams-Sweazea (1934-2012), Thelma "Marie" Dickens-Miller (B. 1932), and Judy Annette Dickens-Wiley-Groft (1945-2020).
Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home with Pastor Larry Kinder officiating. Burial will follow at Miller Cemetery, Rock Creek.
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