Entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 5, 2012, Kenneth "Kenny" Lewis Dickinson, 56, husband of Joann Johnson-Dickinson. Residence, Charleston, South Carolina. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Dickinson are invited to attend his funeral service at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL, 3360 Glenn McConnell Pkwy., Monday, March 12, 2012 at 9:30 am. The committal will be held in Ft. Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia, SC at 2:00 pm with Military Honors. The visitation for friends will be held Sunday at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm.

Born July 7, 1955 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Kenny was the son the late Clarence Lewis Dickinson and Dorothy Collins Dickinson. He was a veteran of the US Army and then attended Trident Technical College. Kenny was employed as a Meat Market Manager for the Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company and was a member of Ebenezer AMC Church.

Survivors include his loving wife: Joann Johnson-Dickinson of Charleston; a daughter: Kenyatta Dickinson and a son: Dwayne Dickinson, both of Virginia Beach, VA; sisters: Carolyn Muldrew of Dorchester, MA and Jacqueline Smith and her husband Anthony of Charleston; a brother: Anthony Dickinson of Charleston; a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and many special friends.

The family request that memorials in lieu of flowers be made to Odyssey Hospice, 717 N. Harwood Street, Dallas, Texas 75201.