Joyce  Dixon

Obituary of Joyce Dean Dixon

Joyce Dean Dixon, age 82 of Gallatin, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Funeral Service will be Monday, February 27th at 11:00 a.m. from the chapel of Family Heritage Funeral Home, with Tyler Ring officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, February 26th from 3:00 -8:00 p.m. and Monday, February 27th from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Interment will follow at Sumner Memorial Gardens, with family serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Dixon was born February 9, 1935 in Dixon Springs, TN to the late Johnie Houston Shoemake and Lena Jane Jenkins Shoemake. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by husband James Gordon Dixon; daughter, Carolyn Sue Bickerton “Cookie”; granddaughter, Melanie McCullough; brothers, Junior Shoemake and Jackie Shoemake; and sister, Susie Dickens. She is survived by daughters, Shirley Raison (Mike) of Gallatin and Jane McCullough (Ray) of Steger, IL; 8 grandchildren, Jason McCullen (Pam), Wendy Ring (Tyler), Kristi Sweeney (Jimmy), Joy Bray (Casey), Melinda Kane (Tim), Megan McCullough, Michael Bickerton (Katharine), and Robert Bickerton (Stacey); and 18 great grandchildren. Special thanks to NHC Sumner and Brookdale of Gallatin for their care and kindness to our mother. Online condolences may be submitted at familyheritagefh.com. Family Heritage Funeral home has been entrusted with arrangements.