DELLA DIXON
1867-1940
     
LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL TO DELLA DIXON
  
Paintsville Woman Dies At Her Home On Mill Branch
  
Mrs. Della Dixon, prominent and well loved local woman, died at her
home on Mill Branch Road last Thursday, January 11. Mrs. Dixon had
been in bad health for a number of years but for the past several
months had been confined to her bed. Although her death had been
expected it was never the less a great shock to her family and
friends.
  
Mrs. Dixon was a member of a well known Johnson County family. She
was a daughter of the late Foster and Kate (Davis) Walker. She was
passed 72 years of age having been born May 11, 1867. She was twice
married. Her first marriage was to Isaac Milton Williams in 1883, who
preceded her in death 44 years ago. To this union were born four
children. They are Everett Williams, deceased, and Kelsie B.
Williams, Ralph Williams, and Mrs. Ervin Rice, who survive.
  
Her second marriage was to John Dixon in 1903, who passed away in
July of last year.
  
In addition to her children she is also survived by the following
relatives; Mrs. Fay Price, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Fannie
Conley, Middlesboro, Ky., stepdaughters, and one half sister, Miss
Esta Walker, of Paintsville.
  
Mrs. Dixon was a devoted Christian mother. She had been a member of
the Methodist Church. She joined the church at the age of 19 at Rush
Fork and transferred her membership to the First Methodist Church of
Paintsville in 1893.
  
Mrs. Dixon was a kind mother with the love and devotion of her
children. She was always held in the highest respect by her neighbors
and her friends were numbered by those who knew her. This was
attested by the large number of her neighbors who gathered at the
home to pay their last respects to a friend.
  
Funeral services were held at the home Saturday afternoon. Rev.
Millard VanHoose and Rev. F. S. VanHoose, of the Freewill Baptist
Church, and Rev. H. E. Trent, pastor of the First M. E. Church, were
in charge of the services.
  
Following the funeral services the body was taken to the family lot
in the Franklin cemetery on Mayo Farm for internment, and laid to
rest beside her two husbands and her son who had preceded her in
death.
  
Many hearts have been saddened by the passing, from our midst, of
this good woman, but we may be comforted by the following lines;
  
"Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas,
And explain the reason why,
The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver's skillful hands
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned."
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
01-18-1940
  
NOTE: Later moved to Lakeview Cemetery in Staffordsville, J.C.
    
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