Front row: Leona May Owens Thompson,
Milton Hubert Owens, Martha Caroline Hankins
Owens and Florence Iva Owens Dickson.
Back row: Milton Neil Owens, Lois Ethel Owens Hogue, Henry Monroe Owens,
JoAnna "Jodie" Owens Smith, Virginia Gertrude Owens McCone and Robert Wilson
Owens.
I am Robert Dunn Dickson, grandson of Florence Iva Owens Dickson pictured with her father and mother and my great grandparents- Milton (Mitt) Hubert Owens and Martha Caroline Hankins Owens-and other family members
Some facts about this family pictured:
Sister Leona May Owens Thompson (posting has extra comma)
Had her husband and three sons all killed in W.W.II. I don't know any
of their names.
Brother Milton Neil Owens lived north of Monticello and
I believe had two daughters, one named Dorothy.
Sister Virginia (Jenny) Gertrude Owens McCone married
J. G. McCone and they lived at Tillar, Drew Co.
Brother Henry Monroe Owens resided at Wilmar, Drew Co.
and was self employed as a blacksmith, logger, and farmer.
Sister JoAnna "Jodie" Owens Smith-I have no recall except
from conversations.
Sister Lois Ethel Owens Hogue-Ditto.
Brother Robert Wilson Owens-Ditto
Florence Iva Owens Dickson (my grandmother)
married Samuel Dunn Dickson(S.D.) and they lived in the Alice community near
Wilmar where they farmed, logged and raised a family:
Daughter Vesta Dickson Taylor married Marion O. Taylor
and they reside at Little Rock, AR and they had no children..
Son Verner B. Dickson last resided Houston, TX and had
two daughters-Frances and Marie whereabouts unknown.
Son Samuel Karl Dickson lived near Wilmar where he farmed.
He had two daughters-Catherine and Isabell last addresses Houston, TX.
Daughter Florence Dickson Coil married L.Kirk. Coil, a
disabled WW I veteran and they resided at Muskogee, OK and had one son George
Kirk Coil whose last known address was West Memphis, AR.
Daughter Mittie Belle Dickson Franklin married Chester
Franklin and they lived N. E. of Hamburg, AR in the Snyder and
Berrea(sp)communities where they farmed.They had four children:
Marcella Franklin Stone(James)
Lois Franklin Moyer(Dock)
Mary Alice Franklin Dace(Donald)
Charles Hugh Franklin(all
deceased)
Daughter Kyle Dickson Gaster married Walter Gaster,taught
school, was divorced and had no children.
Daughter Joy Dickson Gaster married Bert Gaster,taught
school in Ouchita Parish LA,two children-JoAnna Gaster and Walter Dickson
Gaster both of Monroe, LA area.
Son Robert Wilson Dickson was youngest child and died
an infant.
Son Joe Clarence Dickson- dob 8/30/1908- (my father) was
next to youngest of nine children. He married Meryle Christine Scott of
Monticello, AR. They farmed in the Wilmar area and had three sons :
Robert Dunn Dickson, eldest(12/29/34), married Carolyn Rainey of Vick, Bradley Co.AR. They had three daughters and a son and currently reside in, Minden, LA , rdickson@cox-internet.com.
Jerry Gordon Dickson
married Betty Moran of Monticello and they reside Independence, KS. They
have three sons and a daughter.
Paul Allen Dickson married Marths
Cherry of Monticello and they reside Little Rock/Wilmar AR. They have two
sons and a daughter.
Robert D. (Bob) Dickson