Graveside service for Ralph Jesse Dickson will be at 2:00pm Saturday, January 30, 2016 in the Pecan Cemetery, Southwest of Lawton with Rev. Dan Eppler, Hulen, OK officiating.

Burial will be in the Pecan Cemetery, Southwest of Lawton under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Ralph Jesse Dickson, 81, Lawton passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his residence. He was born September 12, 1934 near Roosevelt, Oklahoma to Reid J. and Eunice Ann (Murphey) Dickson. He attended school at Con-8 and married Betty Horne on November 25, 1955. They were married for 60 years. Together they raised two children, daughter Molly Dickson and son Ralph Dickson, II. Ralph served in the US Army from 1956 until 1958 and was in the reserves until 1962. He worked for Sears Roebuck as an appliance repairman before dedicating his life to full time farming and ranching in Comanche County. He was the President of the Comanche County Cattleman's Association, the Geronimo School Board, President of the Comanche County Farm Bureau and the Farm Bureau State Director for 15 years. Ralph built his and Betty's home and all the buildings on his farm. He was an excellent mechanic and was always willing to help his neighbors anytime. Ralph received numerous awards, including the Indian Soil Conservation Association Award. He never met a stranger, and later they always became friends. Ralph had a keen sense of remembering names and times of long ago.

He is survived by his wife Betty of the home, daughter Molly Dickson and Darryl Tinney, a son Ralph, II and wife Janice, a sister Ruth Ann Rounds, brothers, Norris and Eldon Dickson, grandsons Dan Carson, Ryan and wife Emily Carson, sister-in-law Helen Trotter and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Leo Dickson.