Nancy Delaine (Harrison) Dixon

Nancy (Harrison) Dixon, age 84 was joyfully united with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.  Nancy was born in Alma, TX on January 21, 1938, to Bernard and Lura Mae Harrison.  She graduated from Ennis High School 1956 and went on to Navarro Junior College on a band scholarship playing the French Horn, earning her associates degree.  She then married her best friend and love of her life Wille Joe Dixon on August 3, 1962.  Nancy retired from Texas Eastern and American Airlines (2003) where she was able to travel to places never dreamed of.  She was most proud of her time serving the deaf communities in Shreveport, Houston and Fort Worth.  Nancy and Joe served on the board for the Louisiana Association of the Deaf, Jimmy Carter’s White House Council for the Handicapped, and together named the “Louisiana Deaf Workers of the Year in 1978.

She is preceded on death by her beloved husband Joe Dixon, her parents Bernard and Lura Mae, brothers Raymond, Robert, Lewis (Bosso) and sister Wynell.

She is survived by her daughter JoNell, son Jeff and his wife Mandy, grandchildren Tyler and wife Brandi, Maggie and husband Kegan, Faith and 3 great-grandchildren Everlee, Cassius and Odessa Lee, a host of loving nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly.

She was a faithful servant of Christ, loving wife and always willing to help anyone in need.  She will be missed dearly.