Martha Adeline Griner Dixon, 81, of Blackshear passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021, after a brief illness. She recently told us, quoting a favorite poem, “My get-up-and-go has got up and went. But in spite of it all, I’m able to grin when I think of all the places my get up has been.”
Born in Blackshear on September 9, 1939, she spent most of her life and raised her family in the Walkerville section of Pierce County. After retirement, she spent several years in Blairsville, Ga., before moving to Waycross in 2012. She was a 1956 honor graduate of Blackshear High School. She began work in the Pierce County Clerk of Court’s office as an assistant in the 9th grade and spent many of the next nearly 50 years working there. She was elected Clerk of Court in 1988 and served until her retirement in 2001. She was previously a member of Walkerville Baptist Church, where she served many years as pianist and soloist. She enjoyed gardening, reading, cooking, travel, her grandchildren, and her cat Felix. She was a daughter of the late John Marcus Griner and Marie Fish Griner.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Osborn Dixon. Survivors include four children, Jamie Dixon (Jeff) of Savannah, GA, Sam Ganas (Sammy) of Waycross, Sandra Dixon of Brunswick, GA and Courtney Dixon (Mary) of New Bern, NC; two sisters, Linda Day of Broxton, GA, Kay Griner of Jacksonville, FL; one brother, Mark Griner (Judy) of Powder Springs, GA, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service was held Thursday (March 18, 2021) at 3:00pm in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Shiloh Cemetery.
Miles Odom Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Born in Blackshear on September 9, 1939, she spent most of her life and raised her family in the Walkerville section of Pierce County. After retirement, she spent several years in Blairsville, Ga., before moving to Waycross in 2012. She was a 1956 honor graduate of Blackshear High School. She began work in the Pierce County Clerk of Court’s office as an assistant in the 9th grade and spent many of the next nearly 50 years working there. She was elected Clerk of Court in 1988 and served until her retirement in 2001. She was previously a member of Walkerville Baptist Church, where she served many years as pianist and soloist. She enjoyed gardening, reading, cooking, travel, her grandchildren, and her cat Felix. She was a daughter of the late John Marcus Griner and Marie Fish Griner.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Osborn Dixon. Survivors include four children, Jamie Dixon (Jeff) of Savannah, GA, Sam Ganas (Sammy) of Waycross, Sandra Dixon of Brunswick, GA and Courtney Dixon (Mary) of New Bern, NC; two sisters, Linda Day of Broxton, GA, Kay Griner of Jacksonville, FL; one brother, Mark Griner (Judy) of Powder Springs, GA, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service was held Thursday (March 18, 2021) at 3:00pm in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Shiloh Cemetery.
Miles Odom Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Martha Adeline Griner Dixon, 81, of Blackshear passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021, after a brief illness. She recently told us, quoting a favorite poem, “My get-up-and-go has got up and went. But in spite of it all, I’m able to grin when I think of all the places my get up has been.”
Born in Blackshear on September 9, 1939, she spent most of her life and raised her family in the Walkerville section of Pierce County. After retirement, she spent several years in Blairsville, Ga., before moving to Waycross in 2012. She was a 1956 honor graduate of Blackshear High School. She began work in the Pierce County Clerk of Court’s office as an assistant in the 9th grade and spent many of the next nearly 50 years working there. She was elected Clerk of Court in 1988 and served until her retirement in 2001. She was previously a member of Walkerville Baptist Church, where she served many years as pianist and soloist. She enjoyed gardening, reading, cooking, travel, her grandchildren, and her cat Felix. She was a daughter of the late John Marcus Griner and Marie Fish Griner.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Osborn Dixon. Survivors include four children, Jamie Dixon (Jeff) of Savannah, GA, Sam Ganas (Sammy) of Waycross, Sandra Dixon of Brunswick, GA and Courtney Dixon (Mary) of New Bern, NC; two sisters, Linda Day of Broxton, GA, Kay Griner of Jacksonville, FL; one brother, Mark Griner (Judy) of Powder Springs, GA, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service was held Thursday (March 18, 2021) at 3:00pm in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Shiloh Cemetery.
Miles Odom Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Born in Blackshear on September 9, 1939, she spent most of her life and raised her family in the Walkerville section of Pierce County. After retirement, she spent several years in Blairsville, Ga., before moving to Waycross in 2012. She was a 1956 honor graduate of Blackshear High School. She began work in the Pierce County Clerk of Court’s office as an assistant in the 9th grade and spent many of the next nearly 50 years working there. She was elected Clerk of Court in 1988 and served until her retirement in 2001. She was previously a member of Walkerville Baptist Church, where she served many years as pianist and soloist. She enjoyed gardening, reading, cooking, travel, her grandchildren, and her cat Felix. She was a daughter of the late John Marcus Griner and Marie Fish Griner.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Osborn Dixon. Survivors include four children, Jamie Dixon (Jeff) of Savannah, GA, Sam Ganas (Sammy) of Waycross, Sandra Dixon of Brunswick, GA and Courtney Dixon (Mary) of New Bern, NC; two sisters, Linda Day of Broxton, GA, Kay Griner of Jacksonville, FL; one brother, Mark Griner (Judy) of Powder Springs, GA, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service was held Thursday (March 18, 2021) at 3:00pm in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Shiloh Cemetery.
Miles Odom Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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