Gene, 90, of 400 Highland View Drive, Mountain Rest, passed away Thursday, at the Presbyterian Retirement Community of Clinton, South Carolina.
Prof. Nix was an Electrical Engineer Professor and throughout his career taught at Purdue, Virginia Tech, Texas A&I (now Texas A&M), and Clemson University. Gene was the director of Camp Buc for ten years, an assistant Scout Master of Clemson and Pendleton packs, the president of the Pendleton Lions Club in 1974, a member and Sargent of Arms in the Walhalla Rotary Club, and a board member of the Mountain Rest Community Club. He was a member of the Walhalla Presbyterian Church where he was an ordained elder, a deacon, and the middle school Sunday School teacher for many years.
Prof. Nix is survived by three sons: Billy Crenshaw (Lisa), Martin Eugene Nix, and Steven Alan Nix (Penny); three daughters: Janice Crenshaw Gunnin Wilson, Teresa Nix O’Neil (Timothy), and Melanie Nix Fowler; fourteen grandchildren; Heather (Paul), Tiffany (Nathan), Tara (Jason), Timothy, Cayce, Shawn (Gretchen), John (Jennifer), Jason (Ashley), Amy (Scott), and Melanie’s five children; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were conducted at 10:30 am on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the historic Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Walhalla. “A Celebration of Life” service was then held at 12:00 at the Walhalla Presbyterian Church followed by a luncheon at the West Union Presbyterian Chapel.
A Memorial Reception was held from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at the Presbyterian Retirement Community in Clinton, South Carolina, followed by a Memorial Service at 4 pm.
Prof. Nix was an Electrical Engineer Professor and throughout his career taught at Purdue, Virginia Tech, Texas A&I (now Texas A&M), and Clemson University. Gene was the director of Camp Buc for ten years, an assistant Scout Master of Clemson and Pendleton packs, the president of the Pendleton Lions Club in 1974, a member and Sargent of Arms in the Walhalla Rotary Club, and a board member of the Mountain Rest Community Club. He was a member of the Walhalla Presbyterian Church where he was an ordained elder, a deacon, and the middle school Sunday School teacher for many years.
Prof. Nix is survived by three sons: Billy Crenshaw (Lisa), Martin Eugene Nix, and Steven Alan Nix (Penny); three daughters: Janice Crenshaw Gunnin Wilson, Teresa Nix O’Neil (Timothy), and Melanie Nix Fowler; fourteen grandchildren; Heather (Paul), Tiffany (Nathan), Tara (Jason), Timothy, Cayce, Shawn (Gretchen), John (Jennifer), Jason (Ashley), Amy (Scott), and Melanie’s five children; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were conducted at 10:30 am on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the historic Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Walhalla. “A Celebration of Life” service was then held at 12:00 at the Walhalla Presbyterian Church followed by a luncheon at the West Union Presbyterian Chapel.
A Memorial Reception was held from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at the Presbyterian Retirement Community in Clinton, South Carolina, followed by a Memorial Service at 4 pm.
Gene, 90, of 400 Highland View Drive, Mountain Rest, passed away Thursday, at the Presbyterian Retirement Community of Clinton, South Carolina.
Prof. Nix was an Electrical Engineer Professor and throughout his career taught at Purdue, Virginia Tech, Texas A&I (now Texas A&M), and Clemson University. Gene was the director of Camp Buc for ten years, an assistant Scout Master of Clemson and Pendleton packs, the president of the Pendleton Lions Club in 1974, a member and Sargent of Arms in the Walhalla Rotary Club, and a board member of the Mountain Rest Community Club. He was a member of the Walhalla Presbyterian Church where he was an ordained elder, a deacon, and the middle school Sunday School teacher for many years.
Prof. Nix is survived by three sons: Billy Crenshaw (Lisa), Martin Eugene Nix, and Steven Alan Nix (Penny); three daughters: Janice Crenshaw Gunnin Wilson, Teresa Nix O’Neil (Timothy), and Melanie Nix Fowler; fourteen grandchildren; Heather (Paul), Tiffany (Nathan), Tara (Jason), Timothy, Cayce, Shawn (Gretchen), John (Jennifer), Jason (Ashley), Amy (Scott), and Melanie’s five children; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were conducted at 10:30 am on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the historic Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Walhalla. “A Celebration of Life” service was then held at 12:00 at the Walhalla Presbyterian Church followed by a luncheon at the West Union Presbyterian Chapel.
A Memorial Reception was held from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at the Presbyterian Retirement Community in Clinton, South Carolina, followed by a Memorial Service at 4 pm.
Prof. Nix was an Electrical Engineer Professor and throughout his career taught at Purdue, Virginia Tech, Texas A&I (now Texas A&M), and Clemson University. Gene was the director of Camp Buc for ten years, an assistant Scout Master of Clemson and Pendleton packs, the president of the Pendleton Lions Club in 1974, a member and Sargent of Arms in the Walhalla Rotary Club, and a board member of the Mountain Rest Community Club. He was a member of the Walhalla Presbyterian Church where he was an ordained elder, a deacon, and the middle school Sunday School teacher for many years.
Prof. Nix is survived by three sons: Billy Crenshaw (Lisa), Martin Eugene Nix, and Steven Alan Nix (Penny); three daughters: Janice Crenshaw Gunnin Wilson, Teresa Nix O’Neil (Timothy), and Melanie Nix Fowler; fourteen grandchildren; Heather (Paul), Tiffany (Nathan), Tara (Jason), Timothy, Cayce, Shawn (Gretchen), John (Jennifer), Jason (Ashley), Amy (Scott), and Melanie’s five children; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were conducted at 10:30 am on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the historic Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Walhalla. “A Celebration of Life” service was then held at 12:00 at the Walhalla Presbyterian Church followed by a luncheon at the West Union Presbyterian Chapel.
A Memorial Reception was held from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at the Presbyterian Retirement Community in Clinton, South Carolina, followed by a Memorial Service at 4 pm.
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