Donald Alvin Dickerson

Donald Alvin Dickerson, 50, of Star City, Ark. passed away Wednesday, at John L. McClellan Memorial Veteran's Hospital in Little Rock. He was born July 26, 1963 in Hemphill, Texas to Vivian and Eudeline Lane Dickerson. He was a minister and missionary of Southside Baptist Church in Star City, serving in Cowie, Scotland, UK and was a lieutenant in the US Navy, graduating in 1985 from the US Naval Academy. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Dickerson of Star City; parents, Vivian and Eudeline Dickerson of Center, Texas; son, Ryan McCormack of Cowie, Scotland, UK; and two brothers, Brian Dickerson of Mansfield, Texas and Chuck Dickerson of Nassau Bay, Texas. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Monday at Faith Baptist Church in N. Little Rock with Bro. Allen Hagood, Bro. Keith Rowton, Bro. Robert "Mack" Myers officiating. Visitation is 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Monday at the church. A second visitation is 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Southside Baptist Church in Star City. Pallbearers are Shawn Bai, Mike Crofford, Brian Dickerson, Bryan Lehman, Alan Myers, Rob Payne, Isaac Pettersen and Daniel Rucker. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Southside Baptist Church, Alvin Dickerson "Young Ministers" Memorial Fund, PO Box 545, Star City, Ark. 71667. Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Service in Star City. Online guestbook at www.griffinfuneralservice.net.