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Wm. "Preston" Dickson '47 August 20, 2014 10:31 AM
Published in Dallas Morning News on Aug. 20, 2014
William Preston Dickson Jr.(1926 - 2014)
Dickson Jr., William Preston Born Jan. 28, 1926, Temple, Texas passed away Aug. 17, 2014; preceded in death by wife, Nancy Wood Dickson and son, Robert Stanley Dickson. Dickson graduated from Waco High School June 1943, enrolling in the A. & M. College of Texas (class of '47). He served in the U.S.Army Air Corps Cadet Training Program, WW II. Upon discharge from the service, he returned to Texas A & M joining the Corps of Cadets. He was a member of the Ross Volunteers. He received a Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering degree in June 1949. He and Nancy Barrett Wood were married January 6, 1956. They raised a family of four children. Dickson is a past president of the Dallas Chapter of ASHRAE, Rotary Club of Park Cities. He served as Governor of Rotary International. Survived by daughter, Debra Dickson Morgan, husband, Randall; her sons, Austin and Barrett Sanders; son, William Preston Dickson III, wife, Shelley, son, Preston IV; son, Russell Wood Dickson, wife, Dana; daughters, Maggie, Rachael and Kate; grandson, Robert Brandon Hakari, son of Robert; sister Sue Dickson Davis of Waco. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM Friday, August 22, 2014 at Restland Funeral Home. Service will be held Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Restland Memorial Chapel. Memorial donations may be made to the Rotary Club of Park Cities Foundation Fund, Salvation Army or The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
William Preston Dickson Jr.(1926 - 2014)
Dickson Jr., William Preston Born Jan. 28, 1926, Temple, Texas passed away Aug. 17, 2014; preceded in death by wife, Nancy Wood Dickson and son, Robert Stanley Dickson. Dickson graduated from Waco High School June 1943, enrolling in the A. & M. College of Texas (class of '47). He served in the U.S.Army Air Corps Cadet Training Program, WW II. Upon discharge from the service, he returned to Texas A & M joining the Corps of Cadets. He was a member of the Ross Volunteers. He received a Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering degree in June 1949. He and Nancy Barrett Wood were married January 6, 1956. They raised a family of four children. Dickson is a past president of the Dallas Chapter of ASHRAE, Rotary Club of Park Cities. He served as Governor of Rotary International. Survived by daughter, Debra Dickson Morgan, husband, Randall; her sons, Austin and Barrett Sanders; son, William Preston Dickson III, wife, Shelley, son, Preston IV; son, Russell Wood Dickson, wife, Dana; daughters, Maggie, Rachael and Kate; grandson, Robert Brandon Hakari, son of Robert; sister Sue Dickson Davis of Waco. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM Friday, August 22, 2014 at Restland Funeral Home. Service will be held Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Restland Memorial Chapel. Memorial donations may be made to the Rotary Club of Park Cities Foundation Fund, Salvation Army or The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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