Jerry Dixon Sr.

Jerry W. Dixon Sr., 63 of Glouster passed away
Thursday April 5, 2007 at his residence
following an extended illness. He was born
August 1, 1943 in Canton, Ohio. He was a
member of the Glouster Church of Christ, the
Jacksonville V.F.W. Post #9866, and the
Trimble Masonic Lodge #557. He retired from
the Ohio Department of Corrections at the
Noble Correctional Institute in Caldwell. He
was a Vietnam Army Veteran who retired as a
Sergeant-Major with 29 years of service.

He is survived by his wife, Jacalyn Rager
Dixon of Glouster; his mother, Grace McClellan
Dixon Rankin of Glouster; 1 daughter, Diane
Dixon-Knott of Glouster; 2 sons, Jerry (Angie)
Dixon of Beverly and Michael Dixon of
Glouster; 2 step sons, Michael Brady of Fort
Jackson, S.C. and Michael (Lucinda) Wilson of
South Dakota; 1 step daughter, Linda (John)
Bunker of South Dakota; 17 grandchildren; 4
great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Patricia Smith
and Louann (Jerry) Lenigar both of Glouster; 1
brother, Richard (Linda) Dixon of Glouster;
sisters-in-law, Joyce Dixon, Kathy Martsolf,
Diana (Jessie) Schull, Charlotte (Mike) Grubbe
and Rachel; brothers-in-law, Jack (Jennifer)
Rager and John (Paula) Rager; a mother-in-law,
Charlotte (David Bray) Lawyer.

He was preceded in death by his first wife,
Donna Eileen Giffin Dixon; a granddaughter,
Donna Eileen Knott; his father, John Dixon Sr;
and a brother John Dixon.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on
Tuesday April 10, 2007 at the Bishopville
Church of Christ. Interment will be in the
Glouster Cemetery where there will be a
military graveside service conducted by United
States Army Honor Guard. Friends may call at
the Morrison Funeral Chapel, Glouster-
Bishopville on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8
p.m. and also on Tuesday one hour prior to the
service at the church. A comforting message
may be sent to the family at
www.morrisonfc.com.

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