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Alta Mai Sain Dickens, 89

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Alta Mai Sain Dickens, 89, died Jan. 18 at Hendersonville Hospital after a brief illness.

A retired CNA with Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Samuel Walker and Ader McArty Fitts; and was preceded in death by husbands, James Leighton Sain in 1969 and Homer Quitham Dickens in 1977; and sons, James Donald Sain in 1998, and Dale Sain in 2001.

She is survived by daughters-in-law, Nancy Ann Sain of Nashville and Patricia Ann Young Sain of Hermitage; grandchildren, Lisa Ann Bullington of Hermitage, Dale Leighton Sain of Nashville and Jon Todd Sain of Springfield; great-grandchildren, Robert Daniel Bullington III, Cori Elizabeth Bullington and Gatlyn Marie Sain; sister, Loverne F. Dobbs of Marietta, Ga.; and brother, Jesse Fitts of McMinnville.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at High’s Chapel with Kirk Brothers officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and from noon until time of service Friday at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 19, 2005

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