Nixon obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Nixon, Gregory Storm       20 Oct 2002    Nov 2002    Don Johnson
Nixon, Margaret Bates       9 Jul 2003    Jul 2003    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  10/20/2002

NIXON, GREGORY STORM
Wabash, Ind. - Gregory Storm Nixon, 45, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002, at
his home. He was a native of Indiana and former president and CEO of Nixon
Newspapers Inc. He was also the publisher of the Frankfort Times in 1986
and later formed a video and multi-media business in South Bend. He
returned to NNI in 1994 as the director of technology for the corporation
and served as general manager for company properties in Wabash and Miami
counties. Involved with the Honeywell Center and Honeywell Foundation, he
also had served on the Honeywell Circle's board of directors since its
inception in 1998. He was a private pilot. Survivors include his wife,
Diana Smith Nixon of Wabash; his sons, Timothy Storm and Stephen Honeywell
Nixon of Wabash; his daughter Elizabeth Endsley Nixon, of Wabash; his
father, John R. Nixon, Peru, In.; his brother, Dr. Chris Nixon of Peru,
Ind.; and his sisters, Lynn Balkenbush of Englewood, Colo., Carol Nixon of
Arvada, Colo., and Sue King of Loveland, Colo. Visitation will be Tuesday
from 10 to 11 a.m. at Wabash Presbyter-ian Church. The Rev. John Ritchie
will conduct the service at 11 a.m. Memorials to The Nixon Children's
Education Fund in care of the Wabash Presbyterian Church are preferred. A
memorial guest book for him can be signed online at grandstaff-hentgen.com. 
Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester Ave. Chapel, Wabash, is in charge.

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  7/9/2003

NIXON, MARGARET BATES
New Orleans - Margaret Bates Nixon, 39, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003.  A
native of Independence, she was a clinical nurse and a U.S. Marine Corps
veteran.  Survivors include her son, Ike Long Jr. of Independence; two
sisters, Linda Faye Dennis and Mildred Bates, both of New Orleans; and her
mother, Dorothy Anderson Bates of Independence.  She was preceded in death
by her father, Metra Bates.  The Rev. Samuel Richardson will conduct the
funeral Thursday at Gordon-Richardson Temple of Deliverance COGIC, Amite,
at 7:30 p.m. Dismissal will be Friday at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in
Gordon Chapel Cemetery, Amite.  Richardson Funeral Home, Hammond, is in
charge.

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