Ms. Marilyn L. Dickerson

Ms. Marilyn L. Dickerson, age 75, of Thomaston, died Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin.

A funeral service for Ms. Dickerson will be held on Tuesday, March 19, at 4:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Bryan McPherson and Rev. Ted Kandler will officiate, and interment will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 4:00 PM prior to the service at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home.

Ms. Dickerson was born on November 7, 1948, in Macon, the only child of the late Joseph Edward Dickerson and the late Lorena Spillers Dickerson. She attained her master’s degree, and she served as a media specialist with the Thomaston-Upson Board of Education for 30 years until her retirement in 2000. She was active in Relay for Life for many years and Thomaston-Upson Retired Educators where she had served as treasurer. Ms. Dickerson was a member of Thomaston First Baptist Church where she was involved with WMU and was a member of The Gleaners Sunday School class.

Ms. Dickerson is survived by her cousins, Gwen (Wesley) Brown, Susan (Tommy) Parham, Evelyn Tomberlin, Lynn (Bill) Shaver, Dr. Johnny (Lachelle) Brown, Philip (Lynn) Fallin, Kristi (Jeff) Rabon, Sherri (Bo) Sims, Al (Rhonda) Curry, Sharon (Mark) Hopkins, and Kim (David) Millen; and her special friends, Jimmie Stout, Hugh Mangham, and Brenda Showferty. Also surviving are many extended family.

In addition to her parents, Ms. Dickerson was preceded in death by her cousins, Phyllis (Melvin) Fallin and Albert Curry.

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Thomaston-Upson Retired Educators Scholarship Fund,  c/o Pat Smith,105 Hill Street, Thomaston, GA 30286.

Fletcher-Day Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com.