p. 629: [1914] "Very little progress was made during the year in securing homes for Conference Claimants. W.P. Dickinson, one of the most capable and most beloved members of the Conference, had been appointed the year before as Agent for this movement, but following the death of Henry Trawick, who had been appointed presiding elder of the Dothan District, Dickinson was appointed to succeed him on the Dothan District. This left the Homes movement without an Agent except for a brief period during the summer...."

p. 642: "W.P. Dickinson, son of Rev. R.R. and Cornelia Elizabeth (Chapman) Dickinson, served our leading stations and one of our strong districts. Careful and prayerfully conscientious in the preparation of his sermons, he was likewise graceful and pleasing in the delivery of them. A.J. Lamar who knew him so well, says, 'From an intimate acquaintance with his work extending over many years,' the writer records the conviction that the Conference has never had his superior. His presence in the house of mourning was a benediction of the bereaved hearts, and wherever he moved in the homes of his people, his ministry was helpful and inspiring. Dr. Dickinson's death 'came suddenly, tragically, unexpectedly; but it found him ready.' Instantly killed in the fearful cyclone which swept the city of Eufaula on March 5, 1919, he was on the Master's business when the summons came. Just a moment before the walls of the building into which he had gone on business for the church fell before the fury of the storm, one who was with him cried out, "Dr. Dickinson, what shall we do?" Quietly he replied, 'We are in the hands of the Lord.' With this confession of faith on his lips he went away to be with his Lord forever.' His funeral was held at Eufaula, the burial at Prattville. He married, in 1874, Virginia Orr, who died in 1933 at Montgomery."

Buried in Prattville by the side of a son who was killed in the cyclone that struck Birmingham 15 years prior.

[March 5, 1919] Terrible Tornado Struck Eufaula about 2:45. Practically every home in town damaged and most of stores. Dr. Dikinson, Dr. Adams, Mr. Searcy and traveling man have not been found. The Town is a wreck and everyone is horrified.