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 Officer Dickson
started his career with
DPS on Dec. 1, 1947 was
killed along with his
partner, Bill J.
Mahoney. They were
answering a fatal crash
to an accident involving
a car and a truck on Hwy
191 W. of Belton. He
died right away, Officer
Mahoney died the
following day.
He is also mentioned in
Navarro Co. as a WW11
veteran. Page 5. He
graduated from Purdon
High School.
OBITUARY
Louis Walton Dickson
Dec 26, 1923 - Apr 17, 1949
Holiday Week-End Brings Violent Death For 22 Persons In This State
By The Associated Press
Pvt. Alfred C. Bibb Camp Hood soldier was killed near Killeen.
Highway Patrolman L. W. Dickson of Corsicana, died in a crash while
speeding to investigate the accident. Another soldier and Patrolman
B. J. Mahoney were injured. Mahoney died in a Belton hospital.
Dickson, aged 25 years, will be buried in Corsicana.
The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the Corley Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
The rites will be conducted by J. L. Hines, Dallas, Church of Christ
minister.
Dickson was a paratrooper in
World War II.
Surviving are his wife and little son, Gary Don Dickson, both of
Belton; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. Q. Dickson, both employes at the
State Home here; a brother, Selma Dickson, Colorado City; a sister,
Mrs. Henry Williams, Bynum and other relatives.
Notes:
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L. W. Dickson Is Buried Oakwood Cemetery Today
Funeral services for L. W. Dickson, aged 25 years, Texas highway
patrolman, were held from the Corley Funeral Chapel Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery here. The
rites were conducted by J. L. Hines, Dallas, Church of Christ
minister, formerly of Corsicana, assisted by Rev. J. B. Ousley,
pastor of Memorial Baptist church.
Dickson, a resident of Belton, formerly of Corsicana, was
fatally injured in an automobile crash on the Camp Hood Highway
Sunday when several persons were fatally injured.
He was a paratrooper in World War II and had been a highway
patrolman several months, only a short time ago establishing a
highway patrol station in Belton.
Surviving are his wife and little son, Gary Don Dickson, both of
Belton; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. Q. Dickson, employes of the
State Home Corsicana; a brothers, Selma Dickson, Colorado City,
and a sister, Mrs. Henry Williams, Bynum.
Highway patrolmen were pallbearers.
Notes:
Oakwood Cemetery,
Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX Notes:
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