Bernard Melvin Dixon

DIXON, Bernard Melvin, 82, of Mechanicsville, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2008. He graduated from Maury High School, Norfolk, and attended the VPI-William and Mary College Extension, now known as Old Dominion University. In WWII, he served his country as a member of the United Sates Navy. He was an active member of Mechanicsville Presbyterian Church for over 40 years. He was the youngest of three children of the late Ida Ethel Otey and Charles DeWitt Dixon. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Jean E. Dixon; his sister, Virginia Dixon Donnelly; and his brother, Charles DeWitt Dixon Jr. He is survived by daughters, Carol A. Watkins of Mechanicsville and Sandra D. Garrett and husband, Bruce, of Richmond; sons and their wives, Michael C. Dixon and Susan, Peter C. Dixon and Debra, and John A. Dixon, all of Mechanicsville; and many grandchildren, stepgrandchildren, nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Road, where services will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. Interment in Signal Hill Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be directed to Mechanicsville Presbyterian Church.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.