John Milan Dickerson

John Milan Dickerson, 84, passed away peacefully at Westminster Memory Care in Lexington, South Carolina on November 11, 2026. He was born in Chester, South Carolina to the late Claude Milan Dickerson and Azilee Feaster Dickerson on February 28, 1942. John graduated from Presbyterian College in 1964 with a degree in Business Administration. During college, he was a member and President of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, a member of the traveling choir, and a member of the Pershing Rifle drill team.

Immediately after graduation, John joined the South Carolina National Guard, and during his nine years of military service, he served as a Military Police Office and a Company Commander of a Mechanized Infantry Company. During his service, he completed the US Army Officers Course and achieved the rank of Captain. John was also a brother and lifetime member in the Masonic Grand Lodge of Free Masonry.

John had a successful career with SCANA Corporation for 26 years. He began his career in 1964 as a Data Processing Programmer, and during his tenure he held several supervisory and management positions, eventually attaining the position of Director of Information Systems. After taking early retirement in 1989, John continued on to a second career in the real estate appraisal business conducting appraisals throughout the State of South Carolina.

He was a very active member of St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church in Chapin, South Carolina, where he had served as Senior Warden of the Vestry, Treasurer, Layreader and Chalise Bearer, Usher, and a member of the Building and Grounds Committee. For a number of years, he chaired the Cemetery Committee, a role he especially enjoyed because he loved working in the cemetery.

John was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Cynthia Rhyner Dickerson; a daughter, Ida Roseanne Dickerson; son, Eric Jerome Geiger; and sister, Claudette Clack (Francis).

He is survived by a sister, Emma Lou Yongue (Charles); grandson, Jase Merrick Geiger; two granddaughters, Morgan Brittany Mills and Erica Cassidy Geiger; foster son, Richard Miller (Kelli); four foster grandchildren, Rilee, Kelsi, Braeden, and Alee Miller; three great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Belinda Fulmer; brother-in-law, Eric Rhyner, and a special family friend, Janice Fergusson.

A memorial service is planned for November 23, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, Chapin, South Carolina. The family will receive friends in the Church Fellowship Hall thirty minutes prior to the service and a reception will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 265, Chapin, SC 29036.