Obit of Dixon, Otis Leroy - Texas County, Oklahoma

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::Memorial Park Cemetery--Amarillo TX

Otis Leroy Dixon

Otis Leroy Dixon, 89, of Amarillo died Wednesday, July 30, 2003.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral 
Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with Ray 
Guy, of West Amarillo Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be 
in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Dixon was born in Hooker, Okla., the youngest of three children 
to William and Rosa. He grew up in the Dumas farming area and went to 
Dumas High School. He was a longtime resident of Amarillo having 
retired from the Department of Interior, Helium Operations. He served 
as a staff sergeant in the Texas State Guard until it was disbanded. 
He entered the Navy on June 4, 1943, and served with the Sea Bees in 
Hawaii. He received an honorable discharge on Sept. 30, 1945. On Nov. 
1, 1947, he married Tillie Eudell Peters. To this union, two 
daughters were born. He had been a member of West Amarillo Christian 
Church since 1959.

He was preceded in death by his wife.

Survivors include two daughters, Sheila Lynn McElroy and husband, 
Jack, of Longview and Sharon Rose Davidson and husband, Eldon, of 
Colorado Springs, Colo.; and a grandson, Aaron Joseph Davidson of 
Colorado Springs.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 3, 2003
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