Connie Dixon of Collinwood, Tennessee was born in Waynesboro, Tennessee on January 3rd, 1949. She is the daughter of the late Hughlet M. and Wilton Dicus Dixon. She departed this life on Friday, October 6th, 2017 at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, Tennessee at the age of 68 years, 9 months, 3 days.
She worked at the Collinwood Middle School and was a member of the Collinwood First United Methodist Church. She enjoyed her work at the Collinwood Middle School and Elementary Schools where she got to know many of the children. She had a great passion and love for the young children she worked with and they loved Miss Connie.
She is survived by her son, Brandon Dixon and wife Whitney of Waynesboro, Tennessee; a brother, Terry Hughlet Dixon and late wife Nora of Mt. Pleasant, TN, four grandchildren: Makale Dixon, age19, David-Grant Dixon, age 12, Max-Parker Dixon, age 5, and Mason Nutt, age 22 all of Waynesboro and a niece Mellisa Wagner of St. Louis, Missouri. She leaves behind many loving cousins, relatives and friends.
Services will be held Sunday, October 8th, 2017 at 3:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors Chapel in Collinwood with Mitchell L. Skelton officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Gardens at Collinwood, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge.
Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at the funeral home.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Butterfly Foundation, Bob Haggard Scholarship Fund, or Gary Gallaher Scholarship Fund.