Calhoun-Jefferson County AlArchives Obituaries.....Nixon, Farmer Moses, Senator October 5, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie [ Johnson ] Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 June 12, 2009, 4:46 pm "The Anniston Star" Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Wednesday, October 6, 1954 pg. 1 F. M. Nixon Passes at 85 Former State Senator to be Buried Thursday Former State Senator F. M. Nixon, 85, died at his home, 1808 Wilmer Avenue, Tuesday at 11:45 p. m. after a long illness. Nixon, who served as senator from 1927-31 under Gov. Bibb Graves, was a former employee of both The Anniston Star and The Anniston Times. He also was editor of the musical paper, "Harmonier," published in Anniston and a former state tax commissioner. A member of the Tredegar Lodge Oddfellows organization, Nixon was at the time superintendent of the Oddfellows Home here. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge 443. Surviving area his wife, Mrs. Effie Lee Nixon, four daughters, Mrs. James Fenn, Mrs. Bert Conkle, Mrs. Edith Munn and Miss Ertis Nixon, all of Birmingham; a stepson, Kenneth Walker, Anniston, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Usrey Chapel Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in the Edgemont Cemetery. Additional Comments: Descendants of Farmer Moses Nixon, Senator 1 Farmer Moses Nixon, Senator b: Oct 1869 Campbell Co., Georgia d: 5 Oct 1954 Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: 7 Oct 1954 Edgemont Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Father: James Hamilton Nixon, Capt. Mother: Susan Emily Davies +Anna Elizabeth Smith b: 1871 Alabama d: 23 Dec 1910 Calhoun Co., Alabama m: Abt 1892 Burial: Edgemont Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama 2 Anna Eska Nixon b: 1895 Calhoun Co., Alabama d: 1896 Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: Edgemont Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama 2 Nina Ertis Nixon b: Abt 1896 Calhoun Co., Alabama d: 5 Jul 1961 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama 2 Edith L. Nixon b: Abt 1898 Calhoun Co., Alabama +Robert Alanson Forbes b: 20 Sep 1882 Georgia d: 17 Mar 1927 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama m: Bef Sep 1918 Burial: 18 Mar 1927 Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia Father: J. C. Forbes Mother: *2nd Husband of Edith L. Nixon: +George L. Munn b: Abt 1897 Alabama m: 1927- 1928 Father: Mother: 2 Casper A. Nixon b: 16 Feb 1902 Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama d: 1 Jun 1929 Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: Edgemont Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama +Pauline S. ?_______ b: Abt 1906 Alabama m: Bef Jun 1929 Father: Mother: 2 Gertrude A. Nixon b: 23 Feb 1904 Calhoun Co., Alabama d: 27 Mar 1992 +William Bert Conkle b: 6 Dec 1898 Alabama d: 29 Aug 1953 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama m: Abt 1927 Father: Mother: 2 Floy O. Nixon b: 23 Jul 1906 Calhoun Co., Alabama d: Nov 1981 +James Ernest Fenn b: 21 Dec 1906 Alabama d: 14 Nov 1998 Suwannee Co., Florida m: Abt 1928 Father: Mother: 2 Arnie E. Nixon b: Abt Oct 1910 Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama d: 24 Apr 1911 Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: Edgemont Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama *2nd Wife of Farmer Moses Nixon, Senator: +Mrs. Essie Lee (?____) Walker d: Aft 15 Apr 1966 m: Bef Apr 1936 Father: Mother: File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/obits/n/nixonsen1585gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb