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VETERAN REPORTER PASSES

THOM DICKERSON

Thom Dickerson,  a former reporter for KTRK Channel 13 passed away Friday. He was 65-years-old. Thom was with ABC 13 for 25-years, besides just reporting he hosted the Outdoors report which covered hunting and fishing stories across the State of Texas.

A service to remember and honor his life will be next Saturday, October 11, at 2pm at Carl Barnes funeral home in the Heights. Thom Dickerson was 65 years old.

 

THOM REPORTED ON ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICAL HOUSTON FIRE ON JULY 31, 1979.

WOODWAY SQUARE APARTMENTS. AFTER ONE UNIT CAUGHT FIRE WIND BLEW EMBERS ACROSS OTHER BUILDINGS WOOD SHINGLE ROOFS SPARKING ADDITIONAL FIRES. EVEN HOMES IN THE AREA CAUGHT FIRE. THAT FIRE LATER CAUSED THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO BAN WOOD SHINGLE ROOFS. THE SAME ROOFS THAT WERE BY MOST DEED RESTRICTIONS THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED.

 

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