of Sardis Community, AR

March 13, 1927 - June 3, 2024

Willie Mae (nee Lubker) Dickey passed into Glory on June 3, 2024 at Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She was 97 years old. "Granny," as many lovingly called her, was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Lubker and Mary Elizabeth Lubker Davis; her stepfather, George Davis; her husband of 59 years, Wayne O. Dickey; three siblings and their spouses; a daughter, Bettye Bateman and husband, Don; a daughter, Toni Bisbee and husband, Russell and a great-granddaughter, Jenna Grace Bisbee. She is survived by a son, Don and wife, Beth; a son, David and wife, Kathy; a sister-in-law, Wanda Livingston and husband, Willie; 13 grandchildren and at least 17 great-grandchildren.

Willie Mae was born between Cabot and Jacksonville on March 13, 1927. Her parents were tenant farmers. She survived the great flood of 1927; the stock market collapse of 1929 and the Great Depression; the terrible drought of 1930-31 and World War Il. She lived the majority of her life in Arkansas with brief sojourns in California and Texas as a young girl. She graduated from Little Rock High School on a Friday and married the boss from her job at Vogue Cleaners on Sunday, July 14, 1946. Wayne and Wille Mae had two sons and two daughters and were married for 59 years. The family moved to Chicot Road between East End and Sardis communities in Saline County in 1963 and Willie Mae lived there for 59 years.

Willie Mae was a housewife, mother and granny, but she also worked for two years at the LR Wakefield Elementary School kitchen and for 10 years at Model Cleaners at Stift Station in Little Rock. She was a member of several Baptist churches, most recently attending Trinity Baptist on Chicot Rd. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for many years and was otherwise active in her churches. She finally got up the nerve to use her beautiful voice to praise the Lord with solo presentations. Willie Mae loved to sing; cook; collect recipes; read; sew and embroidery; study her Sunday School lessons; work in her yard and garden and visit with family and friends. She gave much of herself in caring for others. She was loved and will be missed by all who knew her until we meet again in Heaven.

Funeral will be 11:00am Friday, June 7, 2024 in the Chapel of Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home with Bro. Lee Ralston officiating. Visitation will be begin at 10:00am. Interment will be at McPherson Cemetery in Sardis Community.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home
6700 Alcoa Road
Benton, AR  72019
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