Alfred Zack Dickerson

Alfred Zack Dickerson, son of the late William Henry and Bessie Otilla (Magnus) Dickerson, was born July 16, 1939, in Winona, Missouri, and departed this life September 11, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 79 years, 1 month, and 26 days of age.

Alfred was raised in the Winona area. He was saved at age 14 and rededicated his life the year before his passing. He greatly enjoyed attending Gentryville Church.

Alfred worked in construction for many years. In his spare time, he enjoyed gardening, listening to country music, dancing, and visiting with family and friends. Later in life, he liked going to the Senior Center and playing Bingo. He greatly loved his family and his grandkids.

Besides his parents, Alfred was preceded in death by his wife, Donna Nadine Dickerson, an infant daughter, Debra Dickerson, and ten siblings, Dortha May (Dickerson) Odam, Floy Fay (Dickerson) Odam, Rena Belle (Dickerson) Ipock, Elvest Glen Dickerson, Clarissa Muriel (Dickerson) Cox, Vivian Truleen (Dickerson) Randolph, Glenna Vesta “Dixie” (Dickerson) Gabriel, Elza Leo “David” Dickerson, Naomi Rose (Dickerson) Hiebert, and Teddy Ivan Dickerson.

He is survived by his wife, Yolanda Jean VanAlstyne, of their home in Drury, Missouri, three sons, Jamie Dickerson and his wife, Misty, of Mountain View, Missouri, Terry Dickerson, and Billy Dickerson and his wife, Susan, all of Georgia, one daughter, Susan Dickerson of Georgia, one step-daughter, Nikki Hammett and her husband, Chris, of Drury, Missouri, grandchildren, Dezaray and Dalton Dickerson, Matt, Adam, and Justin Hammett, and numerous others in Georgia, numerous great-grandchildren, one brother, William Columbus Dickerson of West Plains, Missouri, and many other relatives and friends who will greatly miss him.