Robert Dixon

GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Robert L. Dixon, 65, of Grassy, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center.

He was born June 18, 1936, in Grassy, Mo., son of Robert and Ethel Bollinger Dixon. He and Jo Ann Davis were married May 26, 1984, in Coldwater, Mo. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State College in 1958.

For 25 years Dixon was owner of the Clydes Lumber Company in Fenton, Mo. He moved to Grassy in 1990.

A farmer, he was a member of the Bollinger County Farm Bureau board, serving on the state farm bureau forestry committee, and he was the treasurer of the regional farm bureau farm PAC. He also served on the University of Missouri Extension state board and the county council leadership conference. He was an active member of the Grassy Neighborhood Watch, the Wayne County Cattlemen's Association and the Three State Forestry advisors panel.

He was a member Greenville Masonic Lodge and worthy patron of Victory Chapter 431.

Dixon was a member of Coldwater United Methodist Church and served as a lay missioner for Wesley Chapel in Lowndes, Mo.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his wife, three daughters, Rebecca Adams of Ontario, Canada, Amy Griesbauer and Emily Welker, both of Fenton, Mo.; two sisters, Kathleen Yandell of Steele, Mo., and Betty Jo McClelland of Richmond Heights, Mo.; and two grandchildren, Joshua and Payden Welker.

Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo., with Eastern Star services at 7 p.m. Friends may aslo call from 8-11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Coldwater United Methodist Church, with Steve Dees and the Rev. Jim Sanderson officiating. Private burial will be in Ivey Cemetery.