M. A. Dixon Jr.

M. A. Dixon, Jr. - BRISTOL - M. A. Dixon, Jr., 74, died November 27, 2009. Mr. Dixon was born on June 1, 1935 to the late T. I. and Mary Lou Pope Dixon. He was a lifelong resident of Appling County and was a member of Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in Germany and was retired from farming. Survivors are his wife, Esther Walker Dixon and one son, Alex Dixon both of Bristol; three sisters, Sue Nell Holley of Baxley, Dot Tillman of Surrency, and Faye Doke of Brunswick; two brothers, Robert Dixon of Surrency and Charles Dixon of Bristol. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Monday, November 30, 2009 at Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church, with Rev. Larry Langford, Rev. J. E. Blanton, Rev. Steve Hughes and Rev. Stanley Todd. Interment: Church Cemetery. Active Pallbearers: Terry Edenfield, Jr., Dillon Edenfield, Chris Johnson, Jeff Doke, Chris Tillman, and John Allen Tillman. Honorary Pallbearers: Hospice of South Georgia and Graduates of Surrency High School 1953. Swain Funeral Home, Inc. Baxley, GA Savannah Morning News November 30, 2009 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannahnow.com/obituaries .