Elbert Jackson Dickert Jr. M.D. of 1527 Boundary Street Newberry SC died Friday June 11 2004 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Dr. Dickert was born on October 1 1921 in Newberry County a son of the late Elbert Jackson and Geneva Thornton Dickert. He was educated in the Newberry City Schools and was a graduate of Newberry College. In 1945 he received the Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans Louisiana. He served his internship at the Columbia Hospital of Richland County in Columbia South Carolina. Following his internship he served as a medical officer in the United States Army until his discharge as a Captain in 1948. In 1948 he returned to Newberry and established a practice of Family Medicine. He was a member of the Newberry County Medical Society The South Carolina Medical Association The Southern Medical Association The American Medical Association and The American Academy of Family Physicians. He became a Diplomat of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1973 and was inducted as a Fellow of that organization in 1974. Dr. Dickert served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Newberry County Memorial Hospital the Neonatal and Maternal Care Committee of the South Carolina Medical Association and the HRCP Committee of the State Health and Human Services Finance Commission. In 1992 he received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award from Newberry College and in 1998 then-governor David Beasley awarded him The Order of the Palmetto South Carolina's highest honor for civilian service. On November 24 1998 the Newberry County Memorial Hospital thanked him for 50 years of service as a Family Physician and for the difference he made in the lives of so many Newberry citizens. In 2000 the Exchange Club celebrated his contribution to the community by awarding him the "Golden Book of Deeds." In 1944 he married the former Mary Layton of Newberry. They are the parents of two sons and daughters-in-law Judge Neal Workman Dickert and Floride of Augusta Georgia and David Layton Dickert and Barbara of Fenton Missouri. They are the grandparents of Neal Workman Dickert Jr. and wife Rachel of Baltimore Maryland and John Elbert Dickert and Mary Catherine Dickert of Fenton Missouri. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church where he actively served on various committees. Funeral services for Dr. Elbert J. Dickert Jr. will be conducted at 3:00 P. M. Sunday at Central United Methodist Church by the Rev. John Miller. Interment will be in Rosemont Cemetery. The family will receive friends after the interment services in Henry Hall of Central United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Newberry County Memorial Hospital Foundation PO Box 497 Newberry SC 29108 Newberry College 2100 College Street Newberry SC 29108 and the Newberry Opera House Foundation PO Box 357 Newberry SC 29108 Active pallbearers will be Robert Barber Allen Bridgers Richard Carter John Dickert Neal Dickert Frank Jones Charles Layton Steven Layton Dr. Elmer Long Bruce Reeves Douglas Roberts and Jim Neal Workman.Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home 1704 College St. Newberry SC is assisting the family.