Funeral services for Laurie W. Dickey are Monday, June 13, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Lucien Baptist Church in Lucien, with burial to follow in the Lucien Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Chad Yarborough, Bro. Carroll Walker and Bro. Garland Boyd will officiate the services. Brookhaven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation is June 13, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lucien Baptist Church.

Mrs. Dickey, 96, died on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born on Sept. 24, 1919, in Franklin County, to Clarence and Leatha Byrd Wooten. On June 7, 1942, she married William Percy (W.P.) Dickey. They had three children, Brenda Dickey Grice, W.P. “Sonny” Dickey Jr. and Marilyn Dickey Smith. She enjoyed reading, traveling, playing solitaire on her computer and spending time with her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

After graduating from Lucien High School, she attended Copiah-Lincoln Junior College and then received her Bachelor of Science degree in English from Mississippi Southern College in Hattiesburg. She later received her master’s degree from Mississippi College in Clinton. She began her teaching career in Franklin County and then taught in Holly Bluff. After returning home to Lucien, she taught at Bude, Lucien, West Lincoln, McCall Creek, Meadville and Franklin High in Meadville. She retired at Franklin High after teaching for a total of 37 ½ years.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Clarence and Leatha Byrd Wooten; husband William Percy “W.P.” Dickey; son-in-law, Victor “Butch” Grice; and two sisters.

Survivors are her daughters, Brenda Dickey Grice of Grapevine, Texas, and Marilyn Dickey Smith and husband Johnny of Brookhaven; son, Sonny Dickey and wife Martha of Meadville; grandchildren, Lisa Grice Crawford and husband David, Brad Grice, Trey Dickey and wife Leigh, Haley Dickey, Chris Smith and wife Brandy, and Eric Smith; great grandchildren, Maddie, Sarah, Anna Grace, Jackson, Mallory, Carter, Cameron, Gracie, Trevor and Slay; and a host of family and friends.

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