CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Aslie Watts Dixon, 57, of Chicago died Tuesday, June 5, 2001.
She was born July 16, 1943, in Greenwood, Miss., daughter of Sam and Bernice Jones. She married Eugene "Peter" Dixon, formerly of Charleston. He died Dec. 4, 2000.
Dixon retired as a nurse at a veterans hospital in Chicago in 1996. She was a member of Greater New Mount Eagle Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Varez Watts; two sisters, Oreader Billingsley and Nellie Lacy; three brothers, Sam, Johnny and James Jones; and a half sister, Julia Wheeler, all of Chicago.
Friends may call at Sparks Funeral Home after 11 a.m. Saturday.
Graveside service will be at noon Saturday at Oak Grove Cemetery. The Rev. David Fuller Jr. will officiate.
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