Memorial Services for the Eternal Remembrance of Reverend Terence Alton Dicks, July 7, 1961 - January 5, 2023, Saturday, February 25, 2023 - 11:00 A. M., Paine College Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, 1205 Druid Park Avenue, Augusta, Georgia - Mallory K. Millender PH.D. -Eulogist-

Processional

Weleome and Presiding

Reverend Dr. Sid Gates Presbyterian Church
Vice-President, Progressive Coalition ofAugusta Former Chaplain, Richmond County Democratic Party

Hymn of Celebration .ecccccnun "Lift Ev'ry Voice" ("The Negro National Anthem")
(Please Rise In Either Body or Spirit)

Lift ev'ry voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let is resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a songfull of thefaith that the ark past has taught us, Sing a songfull of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on till victory is won.

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Reverend Denise Freeman Pastor of the Poor, Lincolnton, Georgia

Music OBHODe ee "Birds Flying High" By: Nina Simone

Wrordsol Comfort.

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St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church, Brunswick, Georgia

Words of REMemDranee odo eee ee Staff Representative Atlanta Office, U.S. Senator Raphael G. Warnock Lowell Greenbaum, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Medical College of Georgia
Former Chair, Richmond County Democratic Party Jordan Johnson
Augusta-Richmond County Commissioner District 1 Chair, Richmond County Democratic Party Oliver Page, Ph.D. Deputy Director, ARC Public Transit

Music Selection .............4.. "I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free" By: Nina Simone

Proclamations wii... iaare ee cee een Dr. L. C. Myles Ph.D Ist Vice President of Richmond County on Behaloff Harold Jones, II
Georgia State Senator, District 22 Gloria Frazier
Georgia State Representative, Distri1c2t6 D. Tennell Lockett, J.D.
President, Board of Directors, Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP)

Words. of Remembrance 206. a cchee Arthur Smith, As a Friend Glenn Kelly
President, Augusta Federation of Trades, AFL-CIO George B. Dicks, Jr., As the Eldest Sibling

ACKIG CA CO RACW NES ooo cisscisstecsasitactectssscssanberaes Laverne Lewis Gaskins, J.D. Treasurer, Board ofDirectors, GLSP
Derek K. Alderman, Ph.D., In Absentia University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Read Silently

Cristo Redentor

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Mallory K. Millender, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Paine College

BenedichlOne ne ae olor gear crir Reverend Henry Holt, III Director ofSpiritual Care; Augusta University Medical Center; Member, PRC

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"Goodbye For Now" By: Stephen Sondheim Author: Barbara Streisand

A Compilation by George B. Dicks, Jr. and Historian Joyce G. D. Law
Reverend Terence Alton Dicks left us on January 5, 2023, after struggling with brief episodes of hospitalization, in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. He wished that his incomplete work be carried on by his associates in the fields of civil rights, voting access, and economic development in underserved Regions. Terence was born on July 7, 1961, to the late Sergeant Major George Bernard Dicks, Sr. and Mrs. Gardenia Griffin Dicks, during the family's U. S. Army tour of duty in Augsburg, Germany. He arrived in Augusta, Georgia at the age of five and resided in Bethlehem Historic District. Terrence later Graduated from Westside High School, while living in Sand Hills Historic District
Terence's involvement with the WJBF Channel 6 Junior Achievement Company during three of his high school years led to a summer internship in television production with the Medical College of Georgia. These technical skills in media and marketing provided a strong foundation for his agility in future community outreach endeavors and confidence to call upon world-class leaders and varying professionals, while remaining at ease with everyday people.
A voracious reader and attentive listener, Terence was self-taught in the fields of philosophy, history, and writing. He excelled in these interconnected fields and they facilitated his life long work, worldview, and devotion to social justice causes. His broad range of community activism and individual impact reflects the absorption of the high ideals that he embraced through the legacy of global visionary leaders.
Picture for a moment, Terence's creative sphere of activity in the early 1980's. In remembering Terence, Travis Doss, Augusta-Richmond County's Director of the Board of Elections recalls that he, Terence, and local conservative radio commentator, Austin Rhodes, appeared together as cast members of the Augusta Players Youth Theater. Looking through another artistic prism, Terence worked as one of the first cooks employed at cutting edge Philippe's Restaurant in downtown Augusta. Terence's culinary skills and loyalty evolved into a lifetime friendship with owner Philippe Erramuzpe.

A pivotal shift in his life occurred with his decision in 1999 to become ordained into the Christian ministry. He reached that goal through his association with mentor Reverend Zack Lyde of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church in Brunswick, Georgia.
Pursuing his goals to bring equity into the lives of low-to-moderate income individuals, Terence's community activism had both short and long term impacts in a wide range of spectrums, creating vast networks and gateways of influence. Whether walking through neighborhoods, riding the bus, or catching a lift, or he had a dynamic and attentive exchange. The continuous and astute collection of public issues enabled him to compassionately exert his voice in both formal and impromptu meetings.
In 2004, Terence became a charter member of the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta. Since its founding the organization has continuously sponsored the annual "Keeping the Dream Alive: Why Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Still Matters" as the region's largest interfaith worship service. Terence's penetrating influence enabled the PRC to acquire several world class civil rights leaders, scholars, and religious leaders as keynote speakers, steadily bolstering the positive reputation of the event. In turn, other organizations in Augusta have successfully followed suit to sponsor interfaith services in honor of Dr. King. As a well-known Progressive Democrat, Terence represented the growing wing as Regional and Georgia State Director.
The long catalogue of Terence's achievements provokes an endless conversation about his associations and ideals for society. His culminating achievement is his treatise "Claiming a Street Named King" that led to collaboration among the University of Georgia School of Environmental Design, Georgia Legal Services, Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers, and Neighborhood Works America, Inc. The goal of his brainchild is to bring economic assistance, starting locally, to the hundreds of streets across the nation, named in honor of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In recognition of decades of influence as a non-attorney, Terence received the coveted Liberty Bell Award in May 2019, bestowed by the Georgia Legal Service Program and the Augusta Bar Association. Another lasting meritorious recognition is the Lifetime Membership award bestowed by the Southern Conference of Christian Leadership (SCLC) in December of 2022.
As an ordained Baptist minister, Terence delivered the message of Christ's mercy and love in many churches and settings over his lifetime. Above all things, he lived the love and message of Christ as a force for liberation.
Terence worked until his last breath, saying "thank you" and praising the opportunity he had been given to live a fully contributive life. "Terry," as his family knows him, was a devoted brother and uncle. The roots of the Dicks Family extend to the antebellum plantation of Grandville in Talatha, South Carolina. Terence is the maternal grandson of the late Marion D. Griffin, Sr., his wife, Marilee Griffin and Beulah Griffin Holmes. His paternal grandparents are the late Louise Dicks Knighten and Reverend George T. Bailey. Also preceding him in death was his sister, Beverly Georgene Dicks.
His stepmother, Earslyn Dicks of Fredricksburg, Virginia and older brother, George B. Dicks, Jr., and spouse, Kenneth Bible, survives Terry, along with younger siblings, Reginald Dicks of Augusta, Georgia, and Debra Bell of Jacksonville, Florida. Additionally, he leaves his uncle, Marion D. Griffin, Jr., and aunt, Dr. Hattie Mae Griffin Lamar of Birmingham, Alabama to cherish his memory. To say that many loved Terence near and far, is an understatement.