Vernon L. Dicks

Vernon Leslie Dicks
50th Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
In office
November 2, 1976 – November 13, 1979
Preceded by Richard V. Donahue, Sr.
Succeeded by Harry C. Goode, Jr.
Personal details
Born (1917-02-18)February 18, 1917[1][2]
St. Andrew, Jamaica[2]
Died November 1, 2010(2010-11-01) (aged 93)[1][2]
Melbourne, Florida[2]
Spouse(s) Polly Dicks, Juanita Dicks
Children Denis, Karen Dicks Fields, Laura Dicks Barnett; stepchildren, Carol Hall, Susan Hester, Sheila Beindorff and Burt
Residence Melbourne, Florida
Occupation civil engineer
Military service
Service/branch United States Army Air Corps[2]
Battles/wars World War II[2]

Vernon Leslie Dicks (February 18, 1917 – November 1, 2010) was a one-term mayor of Melbourne, Florida from 1976 to 1979.

He was born February 18, 1917 in St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica,[2] the son of Leslie Montrose Dicks and Ivy Eugenie Sicard Dicks.[3][4] His father died while he was still young.

He immigrated to the United States in 1928.[3]

In 1930, he was living in Manhattan, New York.[3]

He served the former city of Eau Gallie, and was one of the original council members after Eau Gallie and Melbourne merged in 1969.

He was a civil engineer with Pan Am at Kennedy Space Center.

Vernon titled his memoirs "But For His Grace"

Legacy

Vernon Dicks Drive in Melbourne is named for him.

References

  1. 1 2 Ancient Faces
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Find a Grave
  3. 1 2 3 "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4P9-TH1 : accessed 12 Apr 2013), Vernon Leslie Dicks in entry for Ivy E Dicks, 1930.
  4. ↑ "Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XN9P-BLF : accessed 12 Apr 2013), Ivy Eugenie Sicard Dicks in entry for Vernon Leslie Dicks, 1917.
Preceded by
Richard V. Donahue, Sr.		 Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
November 2, 1976–November 13, 1979		 Succeeded by
Harry C. Goode, Jr.


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