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NewsDecember 29, 2001

GLENN ALLEN, Mo. -- A Glenn Allen man died Friday at St. Francis Medical Center, days after apparently being struck on the head by a tree limb. Robert L. Dixon, of Route 1, Glenn Allen, was cutting down a dead tree on his Castor River farm Wednesday when he struck his head...

Southeast Missourian

GLENN ALLEN, Mo. -- A Glenn Allen man died Friday at St. Francis Medical Center, days after apparently being struck on the head by a tree limb.

Robert L. Dixon, of Route 1, Glenn Allen, was cutting down a dead tree on his Castor River farm Wednesday when he struck his head.

Dixon was active in the small Grassy community west of Marble Hill, Mo.

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His family found him unconscious in his truck with severe head trauma. Coroner Charles Hutchings is investigating the death, but no foul play is suspected.

Dixon had apparently tried to drive for help, when he passed out.

He never regained consciousness.

Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo., is in charge of funeral arrangements.

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