OBITS: Union County

Copied with permission of The Sturgis News, Sturgis, Union County, KY,
Wednesday, September 10, 1997, Number 36, Obits on page 2.


BETTIE DIXON

Bettie Lou Dixon, 94, died Friday at Crittenden County Convalescent
Center in Marion.

She worked as a cook for local familiies and retired from Camp
Breckinridge.

She was a life member of Phillips Chapel CME Church, where she had
been president of the Missionary Society and treasurer of the Benevolent
Fund. She was also a member of Eastern Star Zella Chapter 43.

Surviving are five daughters, Ariana E. Johnson and Carrie Hubert,
both of Sturgis, Elsie J. Elie and Gertie Wallace, both of Cleveland, and
Beulah Collier of Decatur, IL; five sons, John H. and Charles R., both of
Sturgis, James L. of Cleveland, and Nathaniel L. and Clarence T., both of
Champaing, IL; 47 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren, and 42 great great
grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Rev. John W. Dixon died in 1983.

Services will be at 1pm today at Phillips Chapel Church in Sturgis,
with burial in Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery.


Submitted by: Maria Troutman 
<troutman@interquest.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997