Celia Dickens

Celia Dickens, 99, of Sullivan passed away at 8:07 p.m. Tuesday May 21, 2019 in Aspen Creek Assisted Living, Sullivan.
Celebration of Life services will be 4:00 p.m. Wednesday June 12, 2019 in the Elim Springs Church of Jesus Christ, Sullivan with Vanessa Patient and Brigham Hagerman officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church. Burial will be in the Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials are suggested to the Elim Springs Church of Jesus Christ or to the Moultrie County Habitat for Humanity. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. Arrangements by the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan.
Celia was born November 24, 1919 in Waverly the daughter of Ira Lawrence ‘Bill’ and Anna Dora Magill Sears. She had worked at the Nifty Frock Shop when she was fourteen years old and then later worked as a bookkeeper for Community Industries, worked for Lucy Ellen Candy and then a seamstress for Felicity Fashions in Sullivan. She was a member of the Elim Springs Church of Jesus Christ and was an active member of their choir for over fifty years. She enjoyed playing the piano and had also given piano lessons for many years. Celia enjoyed the outdoors, birds, taking care of flowers and helped multiple generations with school leaf collections. Celia married R. Alan Dickens on November 24, 1951 and he preceded her in death on April 17, 2013.
Surviving are her cousins Melody Moore, Carole Moore, Mary Lou (Jim) Poland and Doug (Brenda) Moore; sisters-in-law Joan Dickens and Mary Lou Dickens; brothers-in-law Evan (Dixie) Dickens and Mark (Ann) Dickens all of Sullivan and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brother Dr. Adrian Sears.