Daniel Whiddon Dix, 81, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at the Fitzgerald Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Ocilla, Georgia with the Rev. Gerald Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in the Ocilla Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 9:00 P.M. Tuesday evening at Paulk Funeral Home, Ocilla.
Mr. Dix was born September 26, 1922, in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late Eddie G. & Maude Martin Dix. He returned to Irwin County in 1978 from Jacksonville, FL where he was a retired Carpenter. Mr. Dix was a 50-year member of the Local 627 Carpenter Union in Jacksonville & a 50-year Mason. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Dix was a member of the Ocilla Baptist Church. Mr. Dix was preceded in death by 1 son, David Dix.
Mr. Dix is survived by his wife, Juanita Tyson Dix, Ocilla; 2 sons, Donald Dix, Sr., & Dennis Dix, Sr., both of Jacksonville, FL; 6 Grandchildren & 10 Great Grandchildren; 2 brothers, Sammy Dix, Albany, GA & Bobby Dix, Ocilla; 2 sisters, Francis Wynn, Ocilla & Gracie Hudson, Rochelle.