James Dickerson

James Dickerson, age 76, of Bloomingdale, passed away Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at Bronson Hospital surrounded by family. Jim was born November 19th, 1945 in Allegan, son of the late Donald and Mabel Dickerson and had resided in Bloomingdale his entire life. Jim honorably served his country as a member of the US Army where he served 2 tours in Vietnam. While in the Army, Jim was a 2-time honors graduate from the US Aviation School. Jim was very involved in his community. From serving on the Bloomingdale School Board, Midwest Energy Board, Van Buren Farm Bureau and various floral and grower associations. Jim was a very active and life long-time member of Townline United Methodist Church. His passion was driven by growing beautiful flowers to make people smile. He believed in hard work, being productive and not giving up. His view of being successful was determined by whether or not his family believed in God and lived their lives serving Him. After all of his good and bad times, his favorite things were still there...the fresh air after a lightning storm, the cool air on a football night, the smell of a new plastic covered greenhouse and a nice cold Mountain Dew. Surviving is his wife of 51 years, Nancy; 5 children, Donald (Angela) Dickerson, Kimberly (James) Wiseley, Terry (Cindy) Dickerson, Joseph (Jennifer) DeYoung, Philip (Lisa) DeYoung; grandchildren; Brayton, Adriana, Brooklynn (Justin), Brenna (Greg), Mason (Tatum) Jacob, James "JD," Zee, Faith, Joseph, Eli, Ava, Levi, Sawyer, Philip "PJ," Carson, Emma; great grandchildren, Maxwell, Ella, and Brixton; siblings, Barbara Cloud, Joyce Ludlow and Florence Engler. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Kendra Wiseley; 2 brothers-in-law, Fred Cloud and Frank Engler; 2 nephews, Gregory Weston and Scotty Forstner. The family will meet friends on Wednesday, October 5th from 2 - 4 PM and 6 - 8 PM at the Bloomingdale Chapel, D. L. Miller Funeral Home, www.dlmillerfuneralhome.com. Funeral services will be held Thursday, 1 PM at Townline United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Tucker Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Townline UMC.

James Dickerson

November 19, 1945 - October 1, 2022