Peggy D. Dickerson, 79, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Nowell Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Trent Jaudon and Rev. Wayne Hill officiating. Visitation will be the day of the service at Nowell Massey Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.Peggy was born September 24, 1938, to Charles and Opal Luke Smith of Noxapater. She was a member of South Louisville Baptist Church; she loved her church and church family dearly. She enjoyed sewing, cross stitching, and working in her flowers; and playing with her cat, Kittle. Peggy loved her family and was a mother to many. She was retired from Angelica where for many years she worked as an Assistant Supervisor.
Ms. Dickerson is survived by her daughter, Pamela Johns and husband, Joey, of Louisville; and her sister, Patsy Wigle of Winston Salem, North Carolina. She also leaves behind a special niece, Paula Hudson and husband, Roger; niece Kim Parker and husband, Randy; and two nephews, Howard Wigle and Chuck Wigle. One of her greatest joys was being “Nana” to her three grandchildren: Ethan Persons, Luke Nowell, and Hannah Robinson; as well as to her four great-grandchildren. Peggy was preceded in death by her husbands, Eural Hill and Harvey Eugene Stevenson; and her parents.
Serving as pallbearers will be Ethan Edwards, Joey Johns, Roger Lillis, Luke Nowell, Charlie Persons, and Ethan Persons. Calvin Triplett will serve as an honorary pallbearer.
Services are under the direction of Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.
