Samuel “Guy” Dicks, son of the late Virgil Dicks and Ruby Dicks was born on November 18, 1933 at Springfield, Missouri and departed this life in the SoutheastHEALTH of Cape Girardeau on May 13, 2016 at the age of 83.

Mr. Dicks was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church at Dexter,  a former Quality Control Engineer for Arvin Automotive, a former employee of Boeing Aircraft in New Orleans, Louisiana, a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in the Korean War.  He was a member of the Dexter Elks Lodge # 2439, enjoyed fishing and was a resident of rural Dexter.

He was united in marriage to Bonnie Spradling on December 22, 1977 at Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Dicks survives of the home near Dexter.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Samuel Scott Dicks of Chaffee: by four daughters, Lana Ezell of Metropolis, Illinois, Janine Shipman of Dexter, Carla Colleen Ramsey and Sheila Hadley both of Chaffee: by one step daughter, Lana Inman of Dexter: by several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Samuel Guy Dicks Jr. and one step-son, Ronnie Inman.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from Noon until 2:00 P.M., Monday, May 16, 2016. 

Funeral services will then be conduct at 2:00 P.M., in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Lonny Mittag officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery near Dexter.