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William C. Dickinson, also lovingly known throughout his life as Bill, Daddy, PawPaw and Papa was born April 6, 1925 in Decatur, AL to Edward E. Dickinson of Grove Hill, AL. and Gertrude Abel Dickinson of Birmingham.
He was the baby in a family of four children. His brothers Edward and Shannon preceded him to Heaven. His sister, Lillian, is 102 and lives in the Huntsville area. Bill went Home to our Lord on May 24, 2021 at the age of 96. Bill grew up in Woodlawn and moved to Trussville with his family as a young man.He served faithfully at First Baptist Trussville, where he was a Deacon Emeritus.Bill had many admirable traits. He was a Patriot & Proud Member of THE GREATEST GENERATION. He:
Died: October 26, 2020. DAVID Gracie, who has died aged 93, was a world-class Scottish amateur athlete in the early 1950s, whose relatively brief career resulted in his not being accorded the extent of recognition he perhaps deserved. His specialist event was the 440 yards/400 metres hurdles in which he reached the Helsinki 1952 Olympics semi-final and was unfortunate not to advance. Achieving this after only one year’s experience of the demanding event, with extremely basic training facilities and negligible coaching, was remarkable and highly praiseworthy. As the Glasgow Herald noted, Gracie “went out in much the hotter semi-final of the 400 metres hurdles, but he did himself especial credit. He beat [Roland] Blackman, the third American, and [Rune] Larsson, a former Olympic finalist, and was in the race right to the last few yards. His time of 52.4 seconds was the best-ever of a British athlete, and about four yards faster than [Harry] Whittle’s English native rec
If youâve ever sat in the Byrd Theatre, looked around at the crystal chandelier and the Mighty Wurlitzer and wondered, where did this all come from?
Then you need to check out âMiracle on Cary Street: Restoring Virginiaâs Grandest Movie Palace,â a memoir by Duane K. Nelson.
Itâs a riveting read, telling the behind-the-scenes story of how the Byrd Theatre was saved by a handful of die-hard fans and turned into Richmondâs beloved movie palace.
In 1981, when Nelson was 21 and living in the Fan District, he was introduced to the Byrd Theatre for the first time.