Carroll County GaArchives Obituaries.....NIXON, Ernestine (Cook) January 5, 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 and Selmah (Yates) Bowen sbowen1@dicomm.net January 20, 2006, 8:21 pm "Times-Georgian" Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia Wednesday, January 8, 1997 Pg. 3A Ernestine Nixon Ernestine “Big” Nixon, 89, of 515 Bowdon-Junction Road, Mt. Zion, died Jan. 5, 1997. She was born in Carroll County on Oct. 4, 1907, daughter of the late Jesse and Terry Earnest Cook. Mrs. Nixon was a retired lunchroom manager at Mt. Zion High School and a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Dewey Nixon and one grandchild. Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothy and Ralph Ashmore, Jr., and Jeanette and Billy Robinson, all of Mt. Zion and Margaret and C.C. Perkins of Carrollton; 13 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Jan. 6 at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lance Snipes officiating. Music was by Lou Anne Hutcheson. Pallbearers were Alan Hendrix, Steve Skinner, Jeff Marlow, Jason Perkins, Derek Perkins, Dana Davis, Bruce Ashmore, and Brad Gambrel. Honorary pallbearers were Lizzie Crowder, Virginia Norton and Nancy Yates. Interment followed in the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel, Carrollton. Additional Comments: This obituary was part of a collection that belonged to Mr. Samuel L. Weaver- Nixon, Grandfather of Mrs. Bowen. * Georgia Death Index: Name: Ernestine Nixon Death Date: 05 Jan 1997 County of Death: Carroll Gender: F Race: W Age: 89 years County of Residence: Carroll Certificate: 000422 Date Filed: 07 Jan 1997 * SSDI: Name: Ernestine C. Nixon SSN: 258-58-5545 Last Residence: 30117 Carrollton, Carroll, Georgia Born: 4 Oct 1907 Died: 5 Jan 1997 State (Year) SSN issued: Georgia (1955) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/obits/n/nixon3706gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb