1924
Octalee
2009
Octalee Dixon
September 16, 1924 — February 28, 2009
Octalee Brewer Dixon was born September 16, 1924 in Lawrence Co., Tennessee, the daughter of the late Lynn F. and Isa B. Smith Brewer.
Mrs. Dixon was raised in the Methodist Church, and was married to Delbert Clinton Dixon on December 21, 1947 at Lockeland Baptist Church in Nashville, TN.
She taught youth Sunday School classes, belonged to women's mission groups, and sang in the choir at Lockeland Baptist.
She graduated high school in St. Louis and later studied at are institutes and art colleges in Nashville. Her medium was oils and she sketched and painted for most of her adult life. Two of her oil painting hung in the New Orleans Restaurant in Nashville for several years. Her favorite subject was still life. But, she often used photographs as her inspiration to paint buildings, houses, barns, and even dogwoods in bloom on the Natchez Trace Parkway.
She worked in Nashville at Aladdin Industries, AVCO, World Book Encyclopedia, Castner Knott, the Baptist Sunday School Board, and as a companion to convalescing elderly citizens.
Mrs. Dixon was a lifelong and politically active Republican who collected elephants because of their symbolism with the Republican Party. Her other interests included photography, traveling, tending indoor and outdoor plants and flowers, crocheting, and collecting antiques and art.
Lee (as she was often called) should best be remembered as someone with an unfailing Christian faith, someone who loved her family unconditionally, and who was a patriot towards her country.
Mrs. Dixon departed this life on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Wayne Care Nursing Home in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 84 Years, 5 Months, 12 Days.
She is survived by her husband Delbert C. Dixon of Collinwood, TN; a daughter, Sherrye Hambree and husband, Steve of Knoxville, TN; grandchildren, Eric Hembree and wife, Stephanie, and Cynthia Hambree; sister, Christine Moran of St. Louis, MO; and nieces and nephews who live in Tennessee, Missouri, and as far away as Texas.
In addition to her parents, Mrs Dixon was preceded in death by 10 siblings.
Services will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Waynesboro, Tennessee, with John Ives officiating. Burial will follow in the Shawnettee Cemetery at Collinwood, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County directing. Visitation will be Monday, March 2, 2009 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm and Tuesday, March 3, 2009 from 8 am until service time at the funeral home.
Mrs. Dixon was raised in the Methodist Church, and was married to Delbert Clinton Dixon on December 21, 1947 at Lockeland Baptist Church in Nashville, TN.
She taught youth Sunday School classes, belonged to women's mission groups, and sang in the choir at Lockeland Baptist.
She graduated high school in St. Louis and later studied at are institutes and art colleges in Nashville. Her medium was oils and she sketched and painted for most of her adult life. Two of her oil painting hung in the New Orleans Restaurant in Nashville for several years. Her favorite subject was still life. But, she often used photographs as her inspiration to paint buildings, houses, barns, and even dogwoods in bloom on the Natchez Trace Parkway.
She worked in Nashville at Aladdin Industries, AVCO, World Book Encyclopedia, Castner Knott, the Baptist Sunday School Board, and as a companion to convalescing elderly citizens.
Mrs. Dixon was a lifelong and politically active Republican who collected elephants because of their symbolism with the Republican Party. Her other interests included photography, traveling, tending indoor and outdoor plants and flowers, crocheting, and collecting antiques and art.
Lee (as she was often called) should best be remembered as someone with an unfailing Christian faith, someone who loved her family unconditionally, and who was a patriot towards her country.
Mrs. Dixon departed this life on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Wayne Care Nursing Home in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 84 Years, 5 Months, 12 Days.
She is survived by her husband Delbert C. Dixon of Collinwood, TN; a daughter, Sherrye Hambree and husband, Steve of Knoxville, TN; grandchildren, Eric Hembree and wife, Stephanie, and Cynthia Hambree; sister, Christine Moran of St. Louis, MO; and nieces and nephews who live in Tennessee, Missouri, and as far away as Texas.
In addition to her parents, Mrs Dixon was preceded in death by 10 siblings.
Services will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Waynesboro, Tennessee, with John Ives officiating. Burial will follow in the Shawnettee Cemetery at Collinwood, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County directing. Visitation will be Monday, March 2, 2009 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm and Tuesday, March 3, 2009 from 8 am until service time at the funeral home.
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