class=MsoNormal>NESONVILLE - James Edward Dickens, 66, of Circle 33 Road, Nelsonville died Monday March 1, 2004 at Doctor?s Hospital of Nelsonville.He was born June 15, 1937 in ATHENS county, he was the son of the late Carl Edward and Kathryn Maxine Barnhart Dickens.He was a graduate of Chauncey Dover High School; he was retired from ATHENS -old and Machine. He was a member of the Sons of Am Vets of Chauncey, Sons of American Legion, Logan Moose Lodge and the ATHENS -edman Lodge.He is survived by a son Carl Dickens of Nelsonville, daughter Beverly (Butch) Cochran of The Plains; a special pet companion Elle Mae; five grandchildren, Charla, Stephanie, Lindsey, Misti, and Roger; four great-grand sons, Tyler James and Cody Daniel Fennell, Christopher Bryce Heck and Zachary Allen Smith. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Edna Markins Dickens, his second wife Betty Dickens, one brother Carl Everett Dickens.Services will be Thursday at 11 AM at Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home, ATHENS -ith Rev. David Roach officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 5 to 8 PM.