Obituary

Elizabeth Dixon, 75, of Plainview, passed away Monday, March 5, 2007, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2007, at Kress First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Reynolds, pastor, and the Rev. Jay Simpson, pastor of Aiken First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Plainview Memorial Park by Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mrs. Dixon was born July 25, 1931, in Plainview to Quincy C. and Irene Hartley Gaines. She married Daryl Dixon on March 15, 1950, in Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School in 1951. The Dixons moved to Kress in 1953 and back to Plainview in 1989. Elizabeth worked for Payne's Ready Wear in the early 1960s. In 1972 she started teaching painting at Gee Gee's Arts and Crafts and had taught painting at two National Painting Conventions. In 1980 she was awarded the Certified Teacher Degree Award. She was a long time member of Kress First Baptist Church where she served on numerous committees, and was a charter member of Mu Lambda Sorority. Her two loves were painting and grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Daryl; one daughter, Darlena Burnett and husband, Stan, of Granbury; one son, Don Dixon and wife, Marcia, of Plainview; one sister, Margaret Kay and husband, Charles, of Edmonson; and five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to The American Heart Associaton, 2514 82nd St., Lubbock, TX 79423 or Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174.