Annie Hamacher Dickens

Chester Mrs. Annie Hamacher Dickens, 97, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at the Hospice House in Rock Hill. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, July 18, 2011 at Barron Funeral Home with the Reverend Louis Vehaun and Reverend Jerry Devinney officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 AM Monday at Barron Funeral Home.Interment will be in Chester Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Dickens was born April 7, 1914 in Henderson, NC.She was a daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Smith Hamacher, and the widow of Raymond Vondale Dickens. She attended Rowan school in Rockingham, NC., andwas a member of Westside Baptist Church. Mrs. Dickens was retired from Springs Industries at the Gayle Mill as a spinner for over fifty years. She is survived by one daughter-in-law, Lounette Dickens; two granddaughters, Rhonda Polk and her husband Bobby of Rock Hill and Vonda Hawthorne and her husband Robert of Rock Hill; four great grandchildren, Chesley Polk, Bethany Polk, Evan Hawthorne and Adam Hawthorne and a step-great grandson, Ryan Hawthorne and numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by a son, Ronald Dickens, four brothers, Willliam Hamacher, Albert Hamacher, Eugene Hamacher and Joseph Hamacher and one sister Peggy Carringer. The family would like to say a special thank you to the staff of White Oak Manor and the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. Memorials may be made to Westside Baptist Church, PO Box 1049, Chester, SC 29706. Online condolences to the family can be made at www.barronfuneralhome.com.