She was born near Shiloh, NJ in Hopewell Township on September 16, 1921. Ethel was the daughter of the late Benjamin Carll Davis and Phoebe Anna Bowden Davis. Ethel married Harmon Dickson on June 11, 1941. While raising her family, she continued her education and received a Bachelor Degree from Salem College, Salem, WV in 1956.
As a pastor's wife, she served with her husband in Seventh Day Baptist churches in DeRuyter, NY; Ashaway, RI; Denver, CO; Plainfield, NJ; and Richburg, NY. While in Denver, she worked for the Dean of the University of Denver from 1954-1957. From 1980-87 they worked in the SDB denominatiomal headquaters in Plainfield, NJ and Janesville, WI. Ethel retired in 1987 after serving as administrative assistant for the SDB General Conferance. She also served on the Tract Society, Board of Christian Education and editor of the SDB Yearbook. In 1985 she was awarded the Robe of Achievement from the Women's Society for the many years of contributions to the Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
On August 5, 2000, at the age of 78, she married David Clarke. David and Harmon had been seminary classmates.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Rev. C. Harmon Dickinson and then by her second husband, Rev. David S. Clarke. Serviving are two sons Alfred H Dickinson of Schenectady, NY and Mervin J. Dickinson of Franklin Park, NJ; her daughter, Loisanna D. Edwards of Fort Mill, SC; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 5 step-children; 5 step-grandchildren; and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
Ethel was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in DAytona Beach, FL, and a associate member of Unity Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill, SC.
Arrangements By Wolfe Funeral Home,Fort Mill,South Carolina
She was born near Shiloh, NJ in Hopewell Township on September 16, 1921. Ethel was the daughter of the late Benjamin Carll Davis and Phoebe Anna Bowden Davis. Ethel married Harmon Dickson on June 11, 1941. While raising her family, she continued her education and received a Bachelor Degree from Salem College, Salem, WV in 1956.
As a pastor's wife, she served with her husband in Seventh Day Baptist churches in DeRuyter, NY; Ashaway, RI; Denver, CO; Plainfield, NJ; and Richburg, NY. While in Denver, she worked for the Dean of the University of Denver from 1954-1957. From 1980-87 they worked in the SDB denominatiomal headquaters in Plainfield, NJ and Janesville, WI. Ethel retired in 1987 after serving as administrative assistant for the SDB General Conferance. She also served on the Tract Society, Board of Christian Education and editor of the SDB Yearbook. In 1985 she was awarded the Robe of Achievement from the Women's Society for the many years of contributions to the Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
On August 5, 2000, at the age of 78, she married David Clarke. David and Harmon had been seminary classmates.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Rev. C. Harmon Dickinson and then by her second husband, Rev. David S. Clarke. Serviving are two sons Alfred H Dickinson of Schenectady, NY and Mervin J. Dickinson of Franklin Park, NJ; her daughter, Loisanna D. Edwards of Fort Mill, SC; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 5 step-children; 5 step-grandchildren; and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
Ethel was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in DAytona Beach, FL, and a associate member of Unity Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill, SC.
Arrangements By Wolfe Funeral Home,Fort Mill,South Carolina
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