Obituaries: Henry G. Dixon, 1948, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 8, 1948 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

Funeral Conducted For H. G. Dixon, 53, of Montgomery

Mars Hill Native Dies At Home After Lengthy Illness

Funeral services were held at Mars Hill at 2:30 p.m. last Friday, Oct. 1, for
Henry G. Dixon, 53, of Montgomery, who died at his home at 3:10 a.m. Sept. 30
following a long illness.  Rites were conducted by the Rev. R. N. Myers of the
Montgomery Baptist Church and the Rev. M. B. Adkins of the Dry Prong Baptist
Church, and interment was in the Mars Hill Cemetery.

Pallbearers included Malcolm Dixon and Harris Dixon of Montgomery, Lloyd
Dixon, Wilmer Dixon, and John W. Terrill, Jr., of Orange, Texas, and Bill
Keiffer, Memphis, Tenn., all nephews of the deceased.

The deceased was born in the Wheeling Community in Winn Parish, November 29,
1895, the son of W. G. Dixon and the late Mrs. Dixon.  He was married on July
3, 1916, at Verda, to Loney Terrill.

In addition to his widow and his father, he is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. T. J. Jackson of Montgomery, Mrs. L. B. Bell of Monroe, Mrs. Carl Everett
of Beaumont, Texas, and Mrs. Arnon Jackson of Montgomery; three brothers, C.
L. Dixon of Montgomery, O. H. Dixon of Montgomery, and Tommy Dixon of High
Point, North Carolina; a sister, Mrs. J. P. McLaren of Montgomery and five
grandhchildren.

The deceased was a member of Montgomery Baptist Church.