TOBE DIXON
1870-1949
DIES SUDDENLY; STROKE VICTIM
Prominent Resident Of Staffordsville Buried Sunday
In the sudden passing Friday, May 20, of Tobe Dixon, 78, prominent
resident of Staffordsville, Johnson County lost one of its most
admired and respected citizens.
Mr. Dixon was well known throughout Eastern Kentucky and his death,
resulting from a stroke suffered at his home Tuesday, came as a great
shock to his family and friends.
Mr. Dixon was born in Magoffin County on September 28, 1870, the son
of Isaac and Margaret May Dixon, both members of pioneer families in
this section. He was the third child in a family of eleven children,
four of whom preceed him in death. When he was three years old his
family moved to Johnson County where he lived until the time of his
death.
He was united in marriage to Ella Fox on December 23, 1896, and to
this union six children were born. He engaged in farming until his
retirement several years ago. A progressive citizen, deeply
interested in the development of his county, he was a recongonized
leader in his community. His kindly disposition endeared him to all
who made his acquaintance, and his active interest in all things
worth while won for him countless admirers. He was at all times a
devoted and thoughtful husband and father. He became a member of the
United Baptist Church at Union Church in Staffordsville in 1911 and
lived a devouted and faithful Christian life. He served this church
as clerk for thirty-seven years and as a deacon for twenty-nine
years.
Surviving are his wife, Ella Fox Dixon and the following children;
Mrs. Toral Franklin, Staffordsville; Mrs. Virginia Daniel, City;
Harriet May, at home; Andrew Dixon, Pikeville; Mrs. Kenneth Davis,
Kenova, W. Va.; and Mrs. James O. Davis, Huntington, W. Va.; Also
surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Warren M. Vanhoose, Frankfort; Mrs.
Jim McKenzie and Mrs. J. Langley Preston, both of Wittensville; three
brothers, Clark Dixon, Piketon, Ohio; Guy Dixon, Wittensville; and
Don Dixon, Ashland. Eight grandchildren and one great grandchild also
survive.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p. m., Sunday, May 22, at the
Union Church at Staffordsville by the Revs. Lonza Reed and F. F.
Riggsby.
Burial was in the family cemetery under the direction of the Jones
Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
5-19-1949
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