Viewing will be 4-8pm Saturday and 12-8pm Sunday. Services to honor her life will be 10:00 AM Monday, January 4th at South Colonial Chapel (6934 S. Western Ave). Committal Service will be 3:00 pm at Floral Haven Cemetery (Broken Arrow, OK)

Evelyn Mae (Thomas) Dickerson was born May 13, 1927 in Marysville, California and passed away December 27, 2015 in Oklahoma City. She was the daughter of Arvel (Orvel) Hugh Thomas and Opal Nellie Tennison. Evelyn and her parents moved from California to Custer County, Oklahoma, in 1927. In 1935, the family moved to Oklahoma City. Evelyn attended Heronville Elementary School until the family moved to Thomas, Oklahoma in 1939 and resided there. She was married to her husband of 62 years, Truman F. Dickerson, in Perryton, Texas, on May 21, 1949. Evelyn was a devoted wife and mother. She loved the home her husband built for her in 1959, and lived there until recently. She enjoyed listening to music performances. She enjoyed a good steak. She liked watching the Oklahoma City Thunder.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years Truman, a brother Ira Lee Thomas, sisters Ava Leona (Thomas) and Lolita Louise (Thomas), and great-granddaughter Lauren Elise Hilsheimer.

Evelyn is survived by her sister Ella Orvelle (Thomas), daughter Shirley Hilsheimer, son Keith Dickerson, grandchildren Chad Hilsheimer, Mark Hilsheimer and wife Kirsten, Timothy Dickerson, and John Dickerson, great-grandchildren Adam Hilsheimer, Jake Hilsheimer, and Miles Dickerson.