Dickerson, Gilbert (1919-1948)

DICKERSON, STARKS

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Date: 10/25/2016 at 12:16:47

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Thursday, April 15, 1948

Stratford Farmer Tractor Victim

Machine Turns Over in Ditch Along Highway

Gilbert Dickerson, 28, Is Victim of South Marion Mishap

Gilbert Dickerson, 28-year old farmer living southeast of Stratford, was instantly killed yesterday noon when the tractor he was driving turned over in a roadside ditch, pinning him underneath.

According to Dr. Galloway, Dickerson, Gene Waldron, 20, and LaVerne Miller, 20, had just completed plowing for the morning on the Vernon Johnson farm and had pulled out on the highway with their tractors.

The three tractors, Dr. Galloway said, were going down the road at a fast clip when Miller's machine bumped into Dickerson's, forcing the latter into the ditch. The tractor overturned in the five-foot ditch, one of the wheels catching Dickerson across the cheek and neck.

No inquest is planned into the accident, the coroner added.

Dickerson had been farming this year on the Wesley Johnson place in the South Marion community. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Funeral services are pending with the Jackson funeral home of Stratford in charge.

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Friday, April 30, 1948

Gilbert Lee, son of George and Lena Dickerson, was born at Powerville, Mo. Nov. 22, 1919, and died April 14, 1948 as a result of a tractor accident near Stratford.

He was married to Helen Margaret Starks, June 21, 1940, and to this union two children were born: Jerald Lee, 7, and Loretta June, 4.

He joined the Methodist church at St. John, Mo., in 1931 and held his membership there until his death.

A good worker and a progressive farmer, he resided and farmed near Butler, Mo., until December, 1946, when the family moved to Stratford.

In addition to his wife and children, other survivors include his father and mother; three brothers, Millard, Carl and John W., and one sister, Helen. Also surviving are two half-brothers, Daryl and Ferrill. He was preceded in death by three sisters and a brother, Winford Paul, who was killed in action on Okinawa.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Wilks of the Methodist church in Ravanna, Mo. on Friday, April 16. Burial was made at the Ravanna cemetery.