WORLD WAR II
Son of Andrew C. and Mary Turner Dixon, husband of Sara Wilson. Hoyt and Sara were killed in an automobile accident.
ABBEVILLE - Mrs. Mildred Dixon Yeargin, 22, died at the Memorial hospital Thursday morning, the fifth victim of the automobile accident Saturday night in which three, Miss Lena May McGee, Mrs. Hoyt Dixon and E. L. Young, were instantly killed.
Hoyt Dixon, 30, the fourth victim, died Wednesday morning of injuries received in this wreck. Mr. Dixon was a brother of Mrs. Yeargin and husband of Mrs. Sarah Wilson Dixon.
Double funeral services will be held for the brother and sister from the Bethel Methodist Church in Iva at 2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. O. Gilliam, assisted by the Rev. M. M. Brooks, new pastor of the church, the Rev. Roy Shaw and the Rev. Mr. Gaines of Westminster. Interment will be in the Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Yeargin and Mr. Dixon were children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dixon and both were born and reared in the Iva community. Mr. Dixon had served in the Navy as a motorman machinist mate 3-C and was in the Pacific for 23 months. He was home on furlough. Mrs. Yeargin is survived by her husband and a son, Joe Frank Yeargin, Jr.
Published in The State, November 24, 1945
Son of Andrew C. and Mary Turner Dixon, husband of Sara Wilson. Hoyt and Sara were killed in an automobile accident.
ABBEVILLE - Mrs. Mildred Dixon Yeargin, 22, died at the Memorial hospital Thursday morning, the fifth victim of the automobile accident Saturday night in which three, Miss Lena May McGee, Mrs. Hoyt Dixon and E. L. Young, were instantly killed.
Hoyt Dixon, 30, the fourth victim, died Wednesday morning of injuries received in this wreck. Mr. Dixon was a brother of Mrs. Yeargin and husband of Mrs. Sarah Wilson Dixon.
Double funeral services will be held for the brother and sister from the Bethel Methodist Church in Iva at 2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. O. Gilliam, assisted by the Rev. M. M. Brooks, new pastor of the church, the Rev. Roy Shaw and the Rev. Mr. Gaines of Westminster. Interment will be in the Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Yeargin and Mr. Dixon were children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dixon and both were born and reared in the Iva community. Mr. Dixon had served in the Navy as a motorman machinist mate 3-C and was in the Pacific for 23 months. He was home on furlough. Mrs. Yeargin is survived by her husband and a son, Joe Frank Yeargin, Jr.
Published in The State, November 24, 1945
WORLD WAR II
Son of Andrew C. and Mary Turner Dixon, husband of Sara Wilson. Hoyt and Sara were killed in an automobile accident.
ABBEVILLE - Mrs. Mildred Dixon Yeargin, 22, died at the Memorial hospital Thursday morning, the fifth victim of the automobile accident Saturday night in which three, Miss Lena May McGee, Mrs. Hoyt Dixon and E. L. Young, were instantly killed.
Hoyt Dixon, 30, the fourth victim, died Wednesday morning of injuries received in this wreck. Mr. Dixon was a brother of Mrs. Yeargin and husband of Mrs. Sarah Wilson Dixon.
Double funeral services will be held for the brother and sister from the Bethel Methodist Church in Iva at 2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. O. Gilliam, assisted by the Rev. M. M. Brooks, new pastor of the church, the Rev. Roy Shaw and the Rev. Mr. Gaines of Westminster. Interment will be in the Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Yeargin and Mr. Dixon were children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dixon and both were born and reared in the Iva community. Mr. Dixon had served in the Navy as a motorman machinist mate 3-C and was in the Pacific for 23 months. He was home on furlough. Mrs. Yeargin is survived by her husband and a son, Joe Frank Yeargin, Jr.
Published in The State, November 24, 1945
Son of Andrew C. and Mary Turner Dixon, husband of Sara Wilson. Hoyt and Sara were killed in an automobile accident.
ABBEVILLE - Mrs. Mildred Dixon Yeargin, 22, died at the Memorial hospital Thursday morning, the fifth victim of the automobile accident Saturday night in which three, Miss Lena May McGee, Mrs. Hoyt Dixon and E. L. Young, were instantly killed.
Hoyt Dixon, 30, the fourth victim, died Wednesday morning of injuries received in this wreck. Mr. Dixon was a brother of Mrs. Yeargin and husband of Mrs. Sarah Wilson Dixon.
Double funeral services will be held for the brother and sister from the Bethel Methodist Church in Iva at 2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. O. Gilliam, assisted by the Rev. M. M. Brooks, new pastor of the church, the Rev. Roy Shaw and the Rev. Mr. Gaines of Westminster. Interment will be in the Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Yeargin and Mr. Dixon were children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dixon and both were born and reared in the Iva community. Mr. Dixon had served in the Navy as a motorman machinist mate 3-C and was in the Pacific for 23 months. He was home on furlough. Mrs. Yeargin is survived by her husband and a son, Joe Frank Yeargin, Jr.
Published in The State, November 24, 1945
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