Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-10-21
MRS. M. A. DIXON.

In the death of Mrs. NJ. A. Dixon on
the 7th Of October Noxubee county
lost one Of her oldest and best loved
residents. .
Born in Colleton district. South Car
DINA, June 10, 1923, she moved with
her parents, Joseph and Mary Roger,
TO Noxubee in the early part OF 1898
and for the entire timessince, nearly 6s,
she has made this county her home.
December 10, 1899, she was married
to Thomas Holiday Dixon. She was
the mother Of eight children, three Of
whom survive her. Her oldest child
was the late Joseph K. Dixon. who
served in the civil war on Cleburne's
staff and in other positions with distin-
guished gallantry.
She was educated at the famous Mo-
ravian School at Salem, n. {. After a
happy married life of nearly twenty
years she lost her husband May 10,
1859 and for over 46 years she was a
widow indeed
This sad change .came just prior TO
the dark and trying days of the war,
as heavy as was the burden Of rearing
her children under such circumstances,
she brayely and successfully performed
the task. Not only her stainless and
efficient life but the character aud use
fulness Of her children bear witness to
the success with which she met the
problem Of life.
Mrs. Dixon was a practical woman;
with energy, common sense and judi.
cious economy, she applied herself to
the task Of housekeeping, home making
and business management. She was
always employed, always cheerful and
generally happy. She loved her friends
and her home vas one OF open hospital
ity.
To the last she maintained her inter
est in the affairs of life and that inter-
est extended from the individual con-
Germs Of her neighbors and friends to the
larger and wider matters Of the natives
of the earth.
When Is years Of age she was
converted at the old Noxubee Camp
ground and all The rest It her life was
given u~nreservedly to inc service of
God and His church. 5ne first joined
the Soule Chapel congregation, was
then a member at Union, a country
church between Macon and Brooksville,
was discontinued and all but forgotten,
and at its organization became a charter
ofBrooksville NJ. L. church. In 1887 she
moved her membership 10 Prairie Point
and remained a member there until her
death.
She was loyal and true to her church
and always ready to bear testimony to
her laithfulness She attended its SER
vices, supported its institutions morally
and financially, loved its teachings and
gave unstintedly her time and labor to
its service. For many years she was
a faithful Sunday School teacher, leav-
ing her impress upon numbers Of young
people.
But in her home life her character
manifested itself in its greatest glory
In this sphere the practical, the ideal
and spiritual were most happy blended.
The happy blending of discipline and
love was seen in the management of her
children,
She read books and papers to her
children, Her church paper and her
Bible were drawn upon to furnish for
them the nutriment of intellectual
and moral character. She worshipped
God in the great congregation, in her
family circle and in her closet. Her
heart and home were temples Of God
and houses of prayer. In her home not
only her WI children but likewise the
orphan found a place of refuge.
The foundation of her character was
an abiding faith in God She verify
believed He would never leave her MOI
forsake her. Thus, full Of labor, full Of
years, blessed of all and honored Of God
and men, she has gone to her reward
In thequietude and the retirement OF
home she has wrought that which car
never pass away,
On the Sth of October she was laid tc
rest at Soule Chapel by the side of the
husband of her youth amid the tears
and blessings of countless friends.
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