Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Sam J. Dixon
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   DIXON
   Sam J. DIXON was born April 12, 1919. He died January 16, 1984, at St.
   John’s Medical Center in Tulsa. Funeral services were held
   January 20 at Coffeyville, KS, and graveside services at his interment
   in the National Cemetery at Ft. Gibson.
   He was educated in the Muskogee Public Schools and graduated from
   Central High School in 1937. He served two years with the U.S. Navy in
   the Southwest Pacific during World War II. In Coffeyville, he worked
   with the Long Bell Lumber company and later was in the construction
   business. At the time of his death, he operated Dixon Realty Company,
   which he founded in 1974. He was a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church
   in Coffeyville, the American Legion, Veteran’s of Foreign Wars
   and the Masonic Lodge. His parents were Linley D. and Vollie Scott
   DIXON.
   In 1939, he married Mildred CARPENTER, who survives. His other
   survivors include his two daughters, Jerry Ann DRAFT of Caney, KS, and
   Vicki CARPENTER of Tulsa; a brother, William DIXON of Kansas City, MO;
   and two sisters, Ruby PETENOTTE of Paducah, KY, and Lillian RAGSDALE
   of Muskogee; and four grandsons.