Background
He was born February 18, 1917 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, the son of Leslie Montrose Dicks and Ivy Eugenie Sicard Dicks.
He was born February 18, 1917 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, the son of Leslie Montrose Dicks and Ivy Eugenie Sicard Dicks.
His father died while he was still young. He immigrated to the United States in 1928. In 1930, he was living in Manhattan, New New York
He served the former city of Eau Gallie, and was one of the original council members after Eau Gallie and Melbourne merged in 1969.
He was a civil engineer with Pan Am at Kennedy Space Center. Vernon titled his memoirs "But Foreign His Grace"
Vernon Dicks Drive in Melbourne is named for him.