Tillman, OK - Jessie J. HIx  1913 - 1950

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TIPTON TRIBUNE FRIDAY MAY 19, 1950 page 1 
Last Rites Held For Jessie J. Hix Friends were saddened last Friday morning
upon the announcement that death had claimed Jessie J. Hix. although ill
for several months and little hopes had been held for his recovery, the
news of his passing cast a shadow over the community. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday afternoon from the first Baptist Church of which the
deceased was a member. A beautiful floral array was evidence of the respect
in which Mr. Hix and his family was held in the community. A quartet
composed of Mrs. Bunyon Paxton, Mrs. Dan Pickrell, Mrs. Leon Stansell, and
Miss Dora Lou williams sang two selections, "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be,"
and "Beyond the Sunset." As a solo Bunyan Paxton sang, "Sunrise Tomorrow."
As his text,Rev W.D. Baker chose Luke 20:36 which read "Neither can they
die any more; for they are equal unto the angels, and are the children of
God, being the children of the resurrection. The minister said "The supreme
tragedy in life is that men and women are born and many live to a ripe old
age and go to their graves and into the great beyond without learning what
life is for; but that the deceased had faith." A faith that was more than a
dogma Rev. Baker stated that faith lives and achieves and quoting from the
scriptures said "therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come
with singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall obtain gladness and joy
and sorrow and mourning shall flee away." Jessie J. Hix was born april 26,
1913, at Ravia, Oklahoma. He moved to Bray at the age of eight. At the age
of nineteen he was married to Miss. Fannie Davis and moved to Marlow where
the family lived until coming to Tipton in 1935. Since coming to this area
Mr. Hix engaged in farming and at the time he was taken ill was auto
mechanic in charge of the buses for the Tipton Public Schools. Mr. Hix had
a pleasing personality and made friends readily. He was a kind and good
father and will be greatly missed byhis family and friends. Survivors
include his wife and five sons; Delbert, Jerry, Wesley, Troy, and Jimmy all
of the home address, three sisters. Mrs. Mary Varner, Tipton, Mrs Minnie
Potts, Artesia, New Mexico; and Mrs. Edna Wyatt, Duncan, and a host of
other relatives and friends. Pallbearers were Junior Jennings, Charles
Edwards Jr., Woodrow Stewart, Robert Vernon, Ray Payne, and S.T. Petty. In
charge of flowers were Mrs. Junior Jennings, Mrs. Woodrow Stewart, Mrs.
Charles Edwards Jr., and Miss Dora Lou Williams. Interment was in the
Tipton Cemetery.