The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, May 14, 1996                  TAG: 9605140243
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B11  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SURRY                              LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

HILARY L. DICKENS

Hilary L. Dickens, 43, departed this life on Saturday, May 11, 1996.

He was a member of Messiah Baptist Church in Newport News. Mr. Dickens was a 1970 graduate of Huntington High School, a graduate of Atlantic Airline School in Hartford, Conn., and was employed as a customer service representative for USAir.

Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Slade Dickens; two daughters, Melanie Dickens and Ashley Dickens, all of the home; mother and father, William and Lillie Augburn, both of Newport News; three sisters, Patricia Augburn of Hampton, Wanda Rogers and Valeria Walker of Newport News; and a host of relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church with the Rev. Daniel Baltimore, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Ray Cemetery. Viewing will begin at 6 p.m. today at Poole's Funeral Home and a wake will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Friends may assemble at 239 Chippokes Farm Road, Surry, by 12:15 p.m. Wednesday.

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