Jack Burton Dixon

Seminole Producer, 5 Jan 1999

Jack Burton Dixon

Graveside services are scheduled for former longtime Seminole resident Jack Burton Dixon, 71, at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Little Cemetery under the direction of the Swearingen Funeral Home.

Army Chaplain Capt. Martha Carson is set to officiate at the services.

Dixon died Monday, Dec. 28, 1998 in Oklahoma City.

He was born Oct. 9, 1927 in Seminole to Opal (Sylvers) and Oscar Dixon.

In April 1980 he married Florence Evelyn (Yates) Dixon at Tinker AFB.

He retired from the US Army as a Master Sgt. of the 11th Airborne Division and served in Vietnam as a Paratrooper.  He was a 26-year veteran.

Dixon worked as a maintenance supervisor for American Building Association in Oklahoma City.  He was also a member of the Church of Christ.

He was preceded in death by both parents.

Dixon is survived by his wife of the home; four sons, David, Ken, Steve and Paul Dixon, all of Oklahoma City; one brother, Don Dixon of Houston, Texas; one sister Kay Squires of Springfield, Ark; and eight grandchildren.

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