ST. MARY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: PROVOST, NITA DIXON Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary Parish, La. Published: 11 April 2012 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. ======================================================================= PROVOST, NITA DIXON Mrs. Nita Roy Dixon Provost, 76, a resident and native of the St. Joseph Community, died Monday, April 2, 2012, at 5 p.m., at her residence following a short illness. She was a nurse for many years in Franklin. Mrs. Provost is survived by one son, Cleveland Paul Provost Jr. of Sorrell; one daughter, Johnye Myrle Hamilton of the St. Joseph Community; two brothers, Thaddeus J. Jackson and John T. Jackson of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Sandra A. Dixon Jenkins of Henderson, Nevada and Lorna F. Bell Greene of Kenner; four B. grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters. Visitations will be observed Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the St. Joseph Baptist Church in the St. Joseph Community. Burial rites will be read Saturday, at 1 p.m., at that church, with the Rev. Ronald C. Young officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. The Otis Mortuary of Franklin is in charge of preparations. ===================