From the Oak Ridger 14 Oct 2005 Mildred Dickerson, 82, of Oak Ridge, Virginia Neal Lee of Oak Ridge Blenda Elaine Allen, 57, of Oak Ridge, Mildred Dickerson, 82, of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge. She was born Nov. 16, 1922, in Preston, Ga., where she lived until she went to Rome, Ga., to attend Berry College. After three years at Berry, she married Hermon L. Dickerson, a Berry graduate, in 1942. She taught school in Huntsville, Ala., for a year before they came to Oak Ridge in 1943. They lived in Oak Ridge until January 2004, when they moved to Morning Pointe Assisted Living in Clinton. They were married for 63 years. Mrs. Dickerson was an active member of the East Tennessee Berry Alumni Club as well as Calvary Baptist Church, where she served as assistant librarian for many years. She was also an accomplished seamstress in her spare time and clerked at Proffitt's for 20 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Mattie Sue Bankston; sister, Earline Bankston and brother, Vernon Bankston. Survivors include two daughters, Sandra McNease of Thomasville, Ga., and Cherry Thurman of Stone Mountain, Ga.; son, Hermon Dickerson II, of Clinton; sister, Florine Blakey of Warm Springs, Ga.; and brother, Harold Bankston of Preston, Ga.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services are Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, at 8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary with Dr. Steve McDonald officiating. Graveside services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com. Virginia Neal Lee of Oak Ridge died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at her home after a short illness. Born Dec. 5, 1938, in Caryville, she was the daughter of the late Harold Herbert and Emma Byrd Neal. She moved with her family to Oak Ridge at an early age. She attended elementary and junior high schools, then graduated from Oak Ridge High School. She attended Berea College in Berea, Ky., and while a student there began working in the summer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where she stayed on and continued to work for 34 years, retiring in 1994. At ORNL she first worked in what was then the Metallurgy Division where she met her husband, Elmer Lee. She then worked in the Chemistry Division, then in the Environmental Sciences Division as secretary to the Director, Dr. Stanley Auerbach. Later she served as administrative secretary to Dr. Murray Rosenthal, Associate Director and Deputy Director of ORNL; and afterwards as administrative secretary to Dr. R. I. VanHook, Deputy Director of ORNL. Mrs. Lee was a member of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. She was preceded in death by a son, Anthony Randall Lee in 1982; a sister, Genevieve Leonhardt; and her parents. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Elmer H. Lee; son, D. Scott Lee; daughter, Beth Lee Palmer and her husband, Greg of Oak Ridge; sister, Barbara Davis and her husband, Richard of Zelwood Station, Fla.; five grandchildren, Tanner Lee of Knoxville; Peyton, Preston, Parker, and Pryce Palmer of Oak Ridge; nieces, Cindy Bryant and her husband, Paul of Kenai, Alaska, and Lori Byrne and her husband, Bob of Cincinnati, Ohio; nephews, Kent Lee of Oak Ridge and Clark Lee of Knoxville; great niece, Kiley Byrne; great nephews Miles Bryant, Sean and Ryan Byrne. The funeral service will be held at First United Methodist Church on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Robert Cantrell officiating. The burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation (ORPSEF), PO Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, or to a charity of the donor's choice. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com. Blenda Elaine Allen, 57, of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at her home. Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD