Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dixon, John R., 1959 

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John R. Dixon's Funeral Friday 

  Funeral services for John Robert Dixon will be conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. 
at Mt. Zion Christian Church, Eclipse, by the Rev. W.B. Daniel, pastor. 
Burial will be in the church cemetery.  Members of the Chuckatuck Masonic 
Lodge No. 77 will attend the service in a body and conduct Masonic rites at 
the graveside. 

  Mr. Dixon, 89, prominent oyster planter and packer, died at his home in 
Eclipse Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. 

  From 1931 to 1942 he operated the J.R. Dixon Co., an oyster packing concern, 
and for many years was active in political affairs in Nansemond County. 
Though not a professional politician, he had an influence in Crittenden and 
Eclipse that was much sought after by office seekers. 

  He was a member of Mt. Zion and was past master of the Chuckatuck Masonic 
Lodge, No. 77. 

  A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of George T. and Mrs. Middy Jones 
Dixon. 

  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. J.R. Dixon of Eclipse; four sons, George W. 
Dixon, John R. Dixon, Bradford P. Dixon and Louis R. Dixon, all of Eclipse; 
four grandchildren, Mrs. Alice Smith and Mrs. Norma Taylor of Eclipse; Mrs. 
Emily Bondlow of Arlington and John R. Dixon III of Suffolk, and six great-
grandchildren. 


John Robert DIXON, retired oyster planter & packer, 
b. 14 Oct 1869, Nansemond Co., d. 3 Jun 1959, at home, Eclipse, 
interred in Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, 5 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 132, Thurs., June 4, 1959, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his first wife, Wirtley Augusta (DANIEL) DIXON (1875 - 1937). 
   Mt. Zion list (Z-8), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by David Kemp - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #14133137. 

D.Cert. 17143 (Chuckatuck #10) gives son of George T. & Middy (JONES) DIXON. 

His widow, Josephine B. (BASSETT NORSWORTHY) DIXON (1873 - 1963), is buried 
   with her first husband in Old St. Luke's Cemetery, Benns Church. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #17: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Wirtley's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 12, 1937, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d250w1ob.txt 


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