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Effie Pearl "Po" Swindle Dickson

20 Aug 1921 – 14 Oct 2004

Birth	20 Aug 1921
Death	14 Oct 2004
Cemetery	Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring , Howard County , Texas , USA
Added by	Terry Weidemann on 04 Aug 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9953982

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Obituary in the Lufkin Paper on October 17, 2004 for Pearl Dickson Services for Pearl Dickson, 83, of Lufkin, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home Rosewood Chapel in Big Spring. Interment will follow in the Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring. Pearl was born August 20, 1921, in Williamson County, Texas, the daughter of the late Effie Pearl and C. B. Swindle. She passed away Thursday, October 14, 2004, following a lengthy illness. Pearl was married to the love of her life, Bill Dickson, for 53 years. They lived in Abilene until 1958, when they moved to Big Spring. Bill passed away in 1994. In 2002, Pearl moved to Lufkin to live with her daughter, and had been a resident of Southland Health Care Center since March of this year. She was a homemaker, and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Big Spring. Survivors include her daughter, Billie Averitt of Lufkin; sisters, Geneva Attaway of Elwood, Illinois and Virginia Frierson of Garland; brothers, Ed Swindle of Killeen and Dr. Bill Swindle of Stephenville; grandson, Jeremy Heck of Houston; great grandchild, Simone of Houston; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Dickson, in 1994; daughter, Sherry Heck in 2001; son-in-law, Don Averitt in 2000; and brother, Ted Swindle in 2002. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday evening at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home. Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home, directors.

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MARRIED OCTOBER 9, 1941

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Family

Parents

• Cason Berryman Swindle 1854–1942
• Effie Pearl Roberts Swindle 1894–1986 FaG

Spouse

• Loyce Willard "Bill" Dickson 1915–1994 FaG

Siblings

• Minerva Ellen Beatrise Swindle Wilson-Baker 1875–1967
• Nancy Elizabeth Swindle Stanaland 1879–1974
• Celia Frances Swindle Graham 1883–1973
• Lola Alethea F. Swindle Holmes 1887–1968
• Kara Lovine "Lova" Swindle Glaze 1890–1960
• Lydia C B Swindle Embree 1895–1984
• Dr William C. "WC or Dub" Swindle 1924–2015
• Geneva Madeline Swindle Attaway 1926–2020
• Virginia Dell Swindle Frierson 1928–2021
• Theodore L "Ted" Swindle 1937–2002
• Ed Swindle 1937–2019

Children

• Sherry Lynn Dickson Heck 1951–2001 FaG

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