lloyd dixon
Lloyd Dixon, 103 of DeLeon, passed away on
Friday, April 15, 2011 at the Crane Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
in Crane, Texas.
The family received friends at Nowlin Anders Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm.
Funeral
services were held at 10:00am on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Nowlin
Anders Funeral Home Chapel. Brother Kenneth Wilson officiated the
service. Music was provided by LaRessie Wilkerson and Vicki Robinett.
Pallbearers were Ronnie Key, Bob Smitherman, Quincey Bromlow, Danny
Kea, Ricky Smitherman and J.B. Steckel. Burial followed in the Victor
Cemetery.
Lloyd was born on February 3, 1908 in Victor,
Texas to Luther and Etta Elrod Dixon. He had been a resident of DeLeon
most all of his life. Lloyd graduated from DeLeon High School in 1928
and from Tarleton State University in 1931. He was the oldest living
graduate at 103.
Lloyd was a distinguished World War II
Honoree. He entered the service on October 28, 1940 at Randolph Field,
Texas where he completed basic training. He was subsequently assigned
to Sheppard Field, Texas, Albuquerque Air Field, New Mexico, and
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri before deployment to China-Burma-India
Theater of operations. Lloyd was assigned to the 1100th quartermaster
corps, the 51st service group in India as Clerk General. He initiated
and answered correspondence, kept records, and files. Lloyd supervised
up to 100 men in various sections and was responsible for efficient
performance in duties of each section. He prepared payrolls, made
entries in service records and took care of all allotments made by
servicemen. Lloyd was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific-Campaign Medal, Good
Conduct Medal, and the WWII Victory Metal. He served five years and
twelve days before being discharged as a technical sergeant on November
9, 1945 at Camp Fannin, Texas.
Lloyd was retired from the
Texas Department of Transportation as an Engineer. He served as the
Treasurer for United States Postal Service Credit Union of Odessa,
Texas. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was
preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Etta Dixon; his wife,
Travis Dixon; two sons, Jerry Smitherman and Roy Smitherman; a
grandson, Randy Lea Kea; one brother, Ira Dixon; and a sister, Grace
Warren.
Survivors include his daughter, Ellen Kea of Crane;
two daughter-in-laws, Betty Smitherman of Kismet, Kansas and Nancy
Smitherman of DeLeon, Texas; 7 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren;
16 great-great grandchildren; a niece, Bobbie Brownlee of Granbury,
Texas; and a nephew, Bennie Warren of Conroe, Texas.
Arrangements were under the direction of Nowlin Anders Funeral Home of DeLeon, and Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
We
invite you to share your thoughts and memories with the family by
visiting Lloyd's memorial guestbook at www.shaffer-nichols.com or by
adding your condolences to our website.