Lois Harvey Dixon

Died: Dec. 29, 2012

Lois Harvey Dixon, age 88, of Kingsport, the Fordtown community, passed away Saturday evening at Indian Path Hospital.

She was born and raised in Greeneville and was a daughter of the late William I. "Bill" and Bessie Jane Fullen Harvey. Mrs. Dixon moved to Kingsport in 1940.

She was a member of Fordtown Baptist Church and the V.F.W. Auxiliary Post No. 3382 and D.A.V. Auxiliary.

Mrs. Dixon was preceded in death by her husband: Albert L. Dixon; son: Gary W. Dixon; parents: William and Bessie Fullen Harvey; sisters: Helen Tinsley and Mary Lou Baxley; and one niece: Linda Tinsley.

Survivors include one sister: Betty Harvey Dunn; one daughter-in-law: Geri Dixon; grandson: Leslie Dixon; granddaughter: Thera McCord and her husband, Erik; four great-granddaughters: Macy and Erika McCord, and Jaleigh and Cadence Dixon; granddaughter-in-law: Laura Dixon; seven nieces and their spouses: Cindy Parvin, Pam and George Morrison, Phyllis and Jimmie Broyles, Patricia and David Jones, and Patience and Ricky Brown; one nephew and his wife: Rocky and Darlene Baxley; six great-nieces; five great-nephews; one uncle: Kenneth Fullen; several cousins; and her Fordtown Baptist Church family and Walkertown Presbyterian Church family.

Friends may call at their convenience after 9 a.m. Wednesday at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the funeral service following at 3 p.m. in the chapel. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Bryan Moore and the Rev. Sam Smith will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Leslie Dixon, Erik McCord, Rocky Baxley, George Morrison, David Jones and Neal Comer.

Honorary pallbearers will be Samuel Dunn, Dustin Baxley, Nathan Parvin, Jason Jones, Phillip Lane, and Tom Taylor.

Memorials may be made to Fordtown Baptist Church, 444 Old Fordtown Road, Kingsport, TN 37663 or to Walkertown Presbyterian Church, 6900 Kingsport Highway, Afton, TN 37616.