Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nixon, Leon D., 1974 

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LEON DELANO NIXON

   Leon Delano Nixon, 43, died at his home in Sebrell, Va., Wednesday, 
January 23, 1974.  He was a native of Gates Co., N.C.  He was the son of R.W. 
and Mrs. Iola Russell Nixon, and the husband of Mrs. Ann Marks Nixon.  He was 
a shift supervisor for Hercules Company and was a member of Sebrell United 
Methodist Church, the Sebrell Ruritan Club, and an Army veteran of the Korean 
War.  Besides his wife and parents he is survived by two sons, Charles Nixon 
and Tim Nixon of the home; one sister, Mrs. Walter Franklin Drake of Handsom, 
Va.; and two brothers, Phillip D. Nixon of Franklin and R.W. Nixon, Jr. of 
Courtland, Va.  A graveside service will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the 
Riverside Cemetery in Courtland by the Rev. Roger Coffey and Rev. Paul W. 
Swartz, with the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, Va., in charge. 
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Courtland Volunteer Rescue Squad.


Leon Delano NIXON, Hercules Co. shift supervisor, Army veteran of Korean War, 
Gates Co., NC native, d. 23 Jan 1974, at home, Sebrell, age 43, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 24*), Courtland, 
   25 Jan 1974, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 25, 1974, p. 3

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His parents are buried in Southampton Memorial Park - Devotion II, Plot 18. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 25, 1978, p. 38) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n250a2ob.txt 


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