Shawn Mercer Dixon

I just found out about Shawn, Sam, and Sherell today. I am deeply sadden by this. This is 2017, and my old friend died in 2009. I never really got to know Shawn very well, but i remember her. She lived next door to a friend to another friend of ours Willie C. Cold on Prairie st. She wanted to be a weather-lady when we grew up, and i wanted to be a spokesman. We played soft ball right next door in the lot. Good times, good friends, and good to have known you and yours.

My heart is broken to learn of my classmates death. I thoroughly enjoyed my high school experience in friendship with Shawn and many others we associated with. I am in shock from lack of keeping up with my old friend, however, I pray her family stays strong and in prayer, and know my prayers are with them always.

Shawn was a wonderful person who touched so many lives. I attended gramer school with her and I always remember her warm smile. She will be greatly missed. My deepest sympathy to her family and friends. May God keep you strong.

On behalf on The John Marshall Law School Office of Diversity Affairs, please accept our deepest sympathies. Shawn touched so many lives in a positive and lasting way. We will all miss her. God bless her and her family and friends.

My deepest condolences to Shawn's family and the Loyola community for this tremendous loss. She will be missed!

My deepest condolences to the Mercer-Dixon Family. Ms. Dixon was my mentor at Loyola. I will always remember her encouraging words. On behalf of me and my classmates from the class of 2007, we will miss you Ms. Dixon. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

In My Pocket

I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.

My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.

They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.

Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.

But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.

The angle (Shawn) dip her wings and she is gone up to glory. To the Mecer Dixon family.

Cherie Durrett (Elmhurst,Il.)

God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped his arms around you,
and whispered, "come to me."


You didn't deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best


And when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain
I could not wish you back
To suffer that again.