Sara Sydnor Dickson, 81, formerly of Auburn, died Jan. 5, 2013, in Sherman, Texas.

She was born February 3, 1930 in Mayfield to Elliott Philip and Ophelia Sydnor.

Sara graduated from high school in Auburn, Kentucky, and attended a business school following high school. While working at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, she met Charles Dickson. They married in October 1956, and then moved to Pryor, Oklahoma in 1957 to open a dental practice.

She was preceded in death by husband Charles, her parents, and a sister Nancy Rowland.

At Sara’s request no formal service will be held.

She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Nanciann and Keith Syler, of Sherman, Texas; daughter and son-in-law Syd and Karl Smith, of Enid, Okla.; and granddaughters Lauren Smith and Allie Syler; brother Elliott Philip Sydnor, Jr., of Fernandina Beach, Fla., and sister Ann Lockhart, of Russellville.

Contributions may be made in her memory to the American Heart Association or to the First Baptist Church in Pryor, Oklahoma.