Born: 09/26/1979 Died: 07/02/2026 Details of service: A remembrance of life ceremony will be held to honor Dickson later this summer. Judge H. Dickson Corbett died unexpectedly on July 2nd after walking in the woods and making his family breakfast. After his passing, he will be forever loved by his wife Megan Campbell, his children Plover and Ira Corbett, his parents Adele and Henry Dickson Corbett III, his sister Taylure Corbett and her husband Andrew Salvitti, his sister Alyssa King, her husband Chris King and his niece and nephew Caleigh and Rory King, as well as his additional chosen family Michelle, Rob, Leo, and Margo Donnelly. Dickson changed many lives through his professional work, but he gave the most to his family. He was the type of father who was the first to his children when they were hurt and the fastest out of bed when he heard their nightmares. When they were small, he would sit next to them on the bed with a lamb puppet and help them learn to express their feelings in safety. He went to the office with glitter from their art projects on his suits. He would participate in their dance parties, getting out his bass and playing along to their soundtrack. He loved to watch his daughter express music through dance from when she was a toddler spinning in her sundress at outdoor concerts to a dancer that would make him tear up when she came on stage. Dickson was always enthusiastic about his son’s questions about the world, especially those that involved events cataclysmic and bizarre. He read with his son every night without fail. Dickson could listen to birdsong and tell when the bluebirds in the yard were fledging their young, he worried for them during the torrential rains that followed. He loved forests and unkempt fields with flowers. He hiked throughout Orange County as captivated by its vernal pools and what was happening in those waters as he was by any summit. He liked to watch the oak trees grow strong after he cut away the buckthorns that had kept them in darkness. He would stand quietly in awe as the fireflies lit up the summer night. He always knew what birds were singing around him. As an attorney and later a judge, Dickson was deeply committed to the law. He studied and researched it. He created a vast archive of what he read to better see its patterns, its synchronicity, and its areas of dissonance. Dickson loved the pursuit of law as an unending project of seeking greater equity and kindness. Even when events in the world made that project look grim, he expressed optimism and hope for the power of people working together to support and care for one another. Because most of you reading this did not get to sit at our kitchen table, I want you to know how many of you in both his local and professional communities inspired him. How excited he got when you spoke up for those who needed a voice, went into a dangerous situation to ensure the wellbeing of someone else, named exclusion and brought people in, cultivated joy through music and art, and showed compassion when someone did not expect to receive it. Dickson lived a beautiful life among people he valued. There are no words for how much he is missed. A remembrance of life ceremony will be held to honor Dickson later this summer. Read the story on VTDigger here: Judge H. Dickson Corbett. ...read more read less