Willie Roger Dixon

Willie Dixon

Funeral services for Mr. Willie Roger Dixon, of Dublin, will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 1 PM at the William Grove Baptist Church, 134 West Mary Street, in Dublin. Burial will follow in the Dudley Memorial Cemetery. Reverend Ernest Holmes will deliver the eulogy.

Mr. Dixon, who passed on November 5, was born on July 11, 1925, in Johnson County to Otis and Delia Dixon. He was a faithful member of William Grove Baptist Church. His famous saying was "I will live until I die" and God blessed him with 88 years with us. Mr. Dixon served in the United States Army during World War II and received an honorable discharge in 1944. He was retired from Circle Y Barbecue Restaurant.

Mr. Dixon was preceded in death by his parents, Otis and Delia Dixon; his brothers, Sam Floyd and Deotis Dixon; his sisters, Nora Lee Josey and Ruby Benjamin; his daughter , Essie Dixon, and step-daughters, Lola King and Catherine Reeves.

Mr. Dixon He was married to the late Ethel Dixon and had ten children who he leaves to cherish his memory: Lena Mae Dixon, Teressa Dixon-Johnson of Mount Vernon, Ethel Mae (Hubert) Ricks of Adrian, Willie Dixon, Jr., of Mount Vernon, Robert Lee Dixon of Mount Vernon, David (Tee) of Mount Vernon, Nora (Lawson) Cherry of Vidalia, Joseph Dixon of Mount Vernon, and Bruce (Tammy) Dixon of Higgston. He also leaves a devoted friend, Henrietta Hall and step-children, Patricia Williams, Willie (Bernice) Horne, Sr., Monica (Karl) Guyton, and his boy, LaDarius Barner; siblings, John Dixon, his caretaker, Emma Lee Johnson, Ralph (Maudell) Dixon, Willie Otis Dixon, Willie (Melodie) Dixon, James Dixon, DeLouis Dixon, and Lola Powell, fourteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

The family is receiving friends at 815 Central Avenue and at 802 North Washington Street in Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin
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