Dickson, Charles Russell (Sr.), age 53, of St. Paul, VA., died at 10 a.m. Saturday in Johnson Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, VA.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva R Pirtle Dickson, Nashville, TN, a son, Charles Russell Dickson, Jr., Lexington, KY., a daughter, Mrs. Claude Elbert Wright, Jr., Memphis.  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church.  The body will be removed to Salem, VA., for cremation. The body will be at Huff-Cook Funeral Home in St. Paul, VA., until the funeral hour.  Mr. Dickson was purchasing agent for the Clinchfield Coal Corporation with headquarters at Dante, VA
The Chattanooga Times, December 27, 1954.