Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Dixon, Ophelia September 10, 2006
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Elizabethton Star Sept 20, 2006
Ophelia Dixon
Ophelia Dixon, 98, 723 S. Lynn Avenue, Elizabethton, died Sunday,
September 10, 2006, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton.
Mrs. Dixon was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the later
Gilbert Oscar and Minnie Belle Wilson. In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her husband, King Joseph Dixon, in 1980, and her brother,
William Parker Wilson, in 2006.
Mrs. Dixon was a member of Phillippi Baptist Church.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Ruby Forney of Orange, N.J.; cousins; her
goddaughter, Rev. Jeannette Clark of Elizabethton; and her caregivers, Betty
McFarland and Mary Myrick, both of Elizabethton.
The funeral service for Mrs. Dixon will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Friday,
September 22, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph
Holifield and Rev. Jeannette Clark officiating. Music will be under the
direction of the Phillippi Baptist Church Choir. The family will receive
friends from noon until 12:30 p.m. Friday, prior to the service in the chapel.
Interment will follow the service at Mountain Home National Cemetery. Active
pallbearers will be deacons of Phillippi Baptist Church. Those who prefer
memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Phillippi Baptist
Church (Improvement Fund), P.O. Box 1588, Elizabethton, TN 37644. Condolence
messages may be sent to the family at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Dixon family. Obituary
Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.
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