Betty Jean (Edwards / Williams) Dickinson

1921 - 1999  (77 years)

• Name	Betty Jean (Edwards / Williams) Dickinson
  Birth	28 Mar 1921	Crook County, Wyoming, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Feb 1999	Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
  Burial	Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I30769	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	James Garfield Dickinson,   b. 29 Aug 1881, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, USA d. 20 Jul 1965, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, USA (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Shirley (Eggert) Schultz,   b. 18 Apr 1893, Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA d. 30 Aug 1977, Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1915
  Family ID	F11153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James A Edwards,   b. 16 Feb 1918, Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado, USA d. 20 Nov 2008, Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1940
  Divorce	c 1958
  Children	+ 1. James Gerald Edwards,   b. 23 Jul 1942, Washington, USA d. 24 Dec 2014, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, USA (Age 72 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F11158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family 2	James Luther Williams,   b. 1918   d. 1979 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F11159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Memorial services for longtime Gillette resident Betty Williams will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Family Life Church with the Rev. David Grace officiating. She has already been cremated. Mrs. Williams died Feb. 17, 1999, in Sacramento, Calif., of natural causes. She was born on Easter Sunday, March 28, 1921, to James Garfield and Shirley (Schultz) Dickinson at the family homestead on the "D" road north of Moorcroft. After graduating from Fall City High School in Oregon, she took Normal Training and received her teaching certificate. She taught county school for a number of years. She married James A. "Red" Edwards on May 18, 1940. They had five children, but were divorced after 18 years. She worked as a telephone operator and as a waitress for several years. She married Luther Williams in 1970 and they lived in Newcastle until his death. She lived in California for a time before moving to Gillette to retire. She had returned to California and had been living there for the last five months before she died. She attended Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church. She loved to read and the Outreach Bookmobile kept her supplied with books. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Campbell County Public Library. News Record: March 17, 1999 Page 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78760660/betty-jean_(edwards)-williams.