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Waynesboro, GA - Juliette Lively Dickey, 82, died on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at her home in Shell Bluff.

She was born in Burke County, Georgia on March 17, 1927 to the late James Thaxter Lively and Julia Verlinda Smith Lively.

She worked as a Staff Assistant for the Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Unit in Ocala, Florida, from which she retired.

She was a member of Riverside Church of Christ, 401 Murrah Road, North Augusta, South Carolina.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Shepherd Dickey, Sr.

Juliette called "Judy" by many of her friends and family, enjoyed ceramics, any type of word puzzle and traveling. She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Daughters of the America Revolution, the Botsford Joy Group and the Burke County Travelers.

Juliette began writing poetry in her sunset years and she was published in the Ocala Star Banner, National Library of Poetry in On the Dark Side of the Moon and After the Storm, by America at the Millennium, Famous Poets Society, Today's Great Poems, Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum Voices of America, the Florida Revenue Venue and in her own book, Reflections at Sunset.

Her poems of nostalgia and inspiration touched the lives of her friends, family and the lucky strangers who stumbled upon her works.

The following poem from her book gives a glimpse into her faith and her love of family:

PEACE The peace that He gives to us Is filled with Love and Trust. As the glowing sun rises in the East it fills my heart with Joy and Peace. A daily walk takes me out past a sleepy town as it begins to awake, Down through the meadow to a mist covered little lake. A Mother goose and her goslings enjoy an early morning swim. The birds are singing royal from the highest tree limb. Morning doves cooing to each other, as they feed from the ground. Frisky squirrels chasing another, happy as they run around. Retracing my steps morning smells tickle my nose, Joy and Peace within swells and restores my soul. Looking back over the years of toil and sweat, that it took to raise a family with no regret. As the sun begins to sink slowly in the West I'll lay my head down to a peaceful rest.

"Peace I leave with you. My Peace I give to you" John 14:27 NKJV

She is survived by her five children: Dr. M. Thaxter Dickey, (Wanda) of Temple Terrace, Florida, Professor at Florida Christian College and minister at the Antioch Church of Christ, Thonotosassa, Florida, Dennis Lively Dickey (Wende) of Waynesboro, Georgia, minister at the Riverside Church of Christ, North Augusta, South Carolina, Ben S. Dickey Jr. (Terry) of Waynesboro, Georgia, retired Law Enforcement Officer and Training Manager at Contra Costa Sheriff's Department, California, Julie-angela (angie) Gifford (John) of Delray Beach, Florida, Victim Advocate and Mental Health Counselor at Florida Atlantic University Police Department, Boca Raton, Florida, Lorene Ruth Dickey Brose (Terry) employed by Burke Tractor and Trailer, Waynesboro, Georgia. She was a proud grandmother to thirteen grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, at DeLoach Funeral Home, Waynesboro.

Funeral Services will be at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, at Botsford Baptist Church with her children officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be her grandsons, Benjamin Dickey of Concord, California, Justin Dickey of Pasa Robles, California, Austin Gifford of Stuart, Florida, Joshua Dickey of Melbourne, Florida, Jared Dickey of Longmont, Colorado, Jason Dickey of Tampa, Florida.

DeLoach Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 842 N. Liberty Street, Waynesboro, GA 30830; 706-554-3531 is serving the family of Juliette Lively Dickey. You may sign the family's personal guestbook at www. deloachfuneralhomes.com

Published in Ocala Star-Banner from October 15 to October 16, 2009