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1929 Virginia 2016

Virginia Dickens Cannon

February 2, 1929 — September 2, 2016

Virginia Dickens Cannon, 87, of Charleston, South Carolina, wife of James L. Cannon, died Friday, September 2, 2016. A cryptside service will be held Monday, September 5, 2016 in the Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens, 1308 Mathis Ferry Road at 11:00 am. The family will receive friends at the J. HENRY STUHR INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL on Monday, from 10:00 am until time of the service.

Virginia was born February 2, 1929, in Wilson, North Carolina, daughter of the late Albert Oscar Dickens and Catherine Tipton Dickens. She was a graduate of Charles L. Coon High School, where she was Valedictorian, and attended Wake Forest University where she was a majorette. She graduated from Atlantic Christian College, and went on to earn a Masters in Education degree from East Carolina University. Virginia dedicated 30 years as a guidance counselor with Charleston County Schools. She was also a dance instructor and an etiquette teacher. She loved dancing, collecting antiques, and studying the Bible.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years; her sister, Polly Dickens Wurthmann of Sullivan's Island, SC; and many nieces and nephews who loved and adored her.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association SC Chapter, 2090 Executive Hall Road, Suite 130, Charleston, SC 29407.
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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Monday, September 5, 2016

10:00 - 11:00 am

J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel

1494 Mathis Ferry Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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Cryptside Service

Monday, September 5, 2016

Starts at 11:00 am

Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mausoleum

1308 Mathis Ferry Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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