Lisa Ann Dickson

Lisa Downs Dickson, age 63, entered the gates of heaven on Thursday, November 30, 2023, after a yearlong battle with cancer.

Lisa was born to Charlie and Ruby Downs on June 29,1960 in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from Forrest Hill High School in 1978. Lisa then attended Hinds Community College after which she began her nursing career. Lisa met the love of her life, John Dickson, in 1991 and the two married on April 30, 1994. After the birth of her first child in 1997, she began her lifelong calling of being a mother. Lisa was always involved in her children’s lives including PTO, home room mother, attending every sporting event, and spending many nights working in concession stands. She also served in the children’s ministry at Country Woods Baptist Church for many years. Lisa enjoyed serving as a maternal figure to all of her children’s friends and cared for them as her own. She loved to host them at every opportunity. Lisa was a selfless, caring person who was always willing to go the extra mile for others with a beautiful smile on her face.

Lisa is preceded in death by her parents, Charley and Ruby Downs; brother, Chuck Downs; and sister, Sherron Denise Downs.

She is survived by her soulmate, John Dickson; children, Anna Kate Dickson Murphy (husband, Tristan), Jack Dickson (fiancé, Merrill), and Hayes Dickson; grandson on the way, Bennett Murphy; sisters Stephanie Jones (husband, Van) and Charity Towne (husband, Brent); as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Pallbearers will be Tristan Murphy, Sam Dickson, Brent Towne, Garrett Rushing, Bubba Thompson, and Brayden Whitlock.

A visitation will be held Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5-7 pm as well as Monday, December 4, 2023, from 11 am until the hour of service at 12 pm. All will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will be at Floral Hills Cemetery in Pearl.