Howard Wilson Dickens

68 year old Howard Wilson Dickens of Brush Creek died Tuesday at Vanderbilt Hospital. He was born in Smith County. Dickens was a truck driver and a member of the Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church. He also served in the U.S. Air Force from 1958 to 1962 and the Air National Guard from 1982 to 1990. The funeral will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Kerry Dugan will officiate and burial will be in the Brush Creek Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Dickens was preceded in death by his parents, Archie Wilson and Maggie Bell Baker Dickens and his wife, Mary McPherson Dickens. He is survived by his children, Miranda and her husband Albert Fox of Gordonsville, Darren and wife Cathy Dickens of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Chris and wife Holly Dickens of Watertown. Grandchildren, Alanda Fox, Logan Fox, Taylor Holland, and Caitlin Holland. A sister, Fran and husband Bill High-Harnishfeger of Spring City. A brother, Ronnie and wife Kaye Dickens of Lafayette. Best friend, Harry Gossard of Alexandria. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements.