Morris Dixon Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Morris Dixon, age 88, of Rusk are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 10, 2014 in First Baptist Church in Rusk with Rev. Don Copeland officiating. Interment will be in Russell Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mr. Dixon passed away January 7, 2014 in a Rusk nursing home. He was born October 24, 1925 in the Jones Chapel Community to the late John William and Betty Shirel Hendrick Dixon. Mr. Dixon was a resident of Rusk for 65 years and a Deacon at First Baptist Church in Rusk. He served in the United States Army during World War II in the Philippines and Japan. Mr. Dixon also served on the Farm Bureau Board for 46 years and the Soil and Conservation, Rusk Rural Water and Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union boards. He retired from Rusk State Hospital after 30 years and also worked as a rancher. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Maggie Belle Dillard Dixon, two brothers, Willie Shirel Dixon, John Emerson Dixon, four sisters, Inza Brooks, Sybil Tillman, Pansy King and Opal Shuptrine. He is survived by a son, Morris Dixon of Dallas, TX, daughter and son-in-law, Regena and Charles Sowell of Denson Springs, TX, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and sister Betty Ruth Pierce of Austin, TX. Pallbearers will be grandnephews and friends. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the funeral home. If desired, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, 372 E. 4th Street, Rusk, Texas 75785.

Morris Dixon

October 24, 1925 - January 7, 2014