Floyd Dixon

HOUSTON, TX Services for Floyd Dixon, 58, of Houston, brother of Anna Locklar of Odessa, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in East Fourth Street Baptist Church in Big Spring with burial in Mt. Olive Memorial Park under direction of Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home. Dixon died Friday afternoon of a heart attack while traveling through Weatherford. He was born Nov. 21, 1920, in Childress and moved to Big Spring as a child. He attended Big Spring schools and then joined the Navy in 1940. Dixon married Betty Kinman on March 27, 1946, in Big Spring. Dixon attended Texas Tech University where he received a degree in electrical engineering and physics. He worked for Cosden Co. for 20 years before moving to Houston. Dixon was project engineer for Fluor International Construction and Engineering Corp. in Houston. Dixon was a prisoner of war for four years and was a member of the American POW organization. He also was a member of Texas Professional Engineers. Survivors also include his wife, two sons, his mother, one brother and two other sisters. His father and two sisters preceded him in death.

Source: The Odessa American; Odessa, Texas; 12 Mar 1979.

Floyd Dixon (1920)