Little Jimmy Dickens, Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry Member, passed away on January 2, 2015 at the age of 94. Little Jimmy, also known as, “Tater,” joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Born in Bolt, West Virginia, he was the eldest of 13 children. He is survived by his wife, Mona Dickens; daughters, Pam (John) Detert, Lisa (Dennis) King; 2 grandchildren, Amanda Detert, April (Adam) Remick; 3 great grandchildren, Keylee Remick, Tanner Remick, Tyler Remick; sisters, Edna Allen, (W. Va.), Shirley Allen, (W. Va.); Juanita Cox, (Ohio). Preceded by mother Minnie Accord, grandparents, Louis and Edna Dickens and 9 brothers and sisters. A celebration of Life Service will be conducted at eleven o’clock on the morning of January 8, 2015 at the Grand Ole Opry House. Followed with a private family entombment in the Woodlawn Cross Mausoleum. The Dickens family will receive friends from four o’clock until eight o’clock in the evening of Wednesday January 7, 2015 at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Opry Trust Fund, One Gaylord Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
