Advertisement

Thomas Wayne Dixon

Advertisement

Thomas Wayne Dixon Veteran

Birth
Newcastle, Young County, Texas, USA
Death
23 Jul 1957 (aged 33)
Jones County, Texas, USA
Burial
Young County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Thomas Wayne Dixon, 33, was killed in an automobile accident seven miles north of Stamford, he was dead on arrival at Stamford Memorial Hospital.

Dixon, an resident of Olney and an oil field worker, was enroute from Seminole to Olney when his car left he highway. Investigators said the car funning along the road shoulder jumped a 35 foot culvert, landed 15 feet beyond it and did not overturn. He was driving alone on US Hwy 287.

Dixon's mother, Mrs. F.E. Dixon, who lives on South Avenue C in Olney and his sister, MRs. Chester Cagle of San Antonio, who had been visiting his brother, M.C. Dixon in Garden City, CA were enroute to Texas when the accident occurred.

SUrvivors are those mentioned and three other brothers - Wiley Dixon of Graham, Ernestine Dixon of Olney, Samuel Dixon of Seminole.

Cpl. Thomas Wayne Dixon, son of Mrs. Tressie Dixon, Jean. Entered Army, 1945, trained at Camp Hood. Served in Philippines, Hawaii. Awarded APO Ribbon.

The Olney Enterprise
25 July 1957

World War II
Thomas Wayne Dixon, 33, was killed in an automobile accident seven miles north of Stamford, he was dead on arrival at Stamford Memorial Hospital.

Dixon, an resident of Olney and an oil field worker, was enroute from Seminole to Olney when his car left he highway. Investigators said the car funning along the road shoulder jumped a 35 foot culvert, landed 15 feet beyond it and did not overturn. He was driving alone on US Hwy 287.

Dixon's mother, Mrs. F.E. Dixon, who lives on South Avenue C in Olney and his sister, MRs. Chester Cagle of San Antonio, who had been visiting his brother, M.C. Dixon in Garden City, CA were enroute to Texas when the accident occurred.

SUrvivors are those mentioned and three other brothers - Wiley Dixon of Graham, Ernestine Dixon of Olney, Samuel Dixon of Seminole.

Cpl. Thomas Wayne Dixon, son of Mrs. Tressie Dixon, Jean. Entered Army, 1945, trained at Camp Hood. Served in Philippines, Hawaii. Awarded APO Ribbon.

The Olney Enterprise
25 July 1957

World War II


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement