David Frank Dixon 45 years old, 1707 Palmer avenue, president of the Great Southern Box Company, Inc., died Sunday at 2:06 a.m. at Touro Infirmary.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., and interment was in Metairie cemetery.
Mr. Dixon is survived by his widow, the former Miss Stuart Sanderson; a son, David Dixon; a daughter, Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Dixon; his mother, Mrs. D. F. Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], Miss.; three brothers, H. C. Dixon, Waterloo, Ia., Wayland Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], and Lamar Dixon, Baton Rouge, and three sisters, Mrs. Julia McElwee, Centerville [sic Centreville]; Mrs. Myron Turfitt, New Orleans, and Mrs. Aline Vaughn, Forsyth, Ga.
Mr. Dixon was born in Centerville [sic Centreville] and attended the French Camp Military academy, where he became captain of the cadets. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, Oxford.
He came to New Orleans 20 years ago and became affiliated with the Republic Box Company and later the General Box Company, which he served for a time as vice-president. He then became president of the Great Southern Box Company, Inc. Mr. Dixon once served as presidnet of the National Wirebound Box Manufacturer's Association.
He was a member of the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian church.
Published in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), July 25, 1938
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., and interment was in Metairie cemetery.
Mr. Dixon is survived by his widow, the former Miss Stuart Sanderson; a son, David Dixon; a daughter, Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Dixon; his mother, Mrs. D. F. Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], Miss.; three brothers, H. C. Dixon, Waterloo, Ia., Wayland Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], and Lamar Dixon, Baton Rouge, and three sisters, Mrs. Julia McElwee, Centerville [sic Centreville]; Mrs. Myron Turfitt, New Orleans, and Mrs. Aline Vaughn, Forsyth, Ga.
Mr. Dixon was born in Centerville [sic Centreville] and attended the French Camp Military academy, where he became captain of the cadets. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, Oxford.
He came to New Orleans 20 years ago and became affiliated with the Republic Box Company and later the General Box Company, which he served for a time as vice-president. He then became president of the Great Southern Box Company, Inc. Mr. Dixon once served as presidnet of the National Wirebound Box Manufacturer's Association.
He was a member of the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian church.
Published in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), July 25, 1938
David Frank Dixon 45 years old, 1707 Palmer avenue, president of the Great Southern Box Company, Inc., died Sunday at 2:06 a.m. at Touro Infirmary.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., and interment was in Metairie cemetery.
Mr. Dixon is survived by his widow, the former Miss Stuart Sanderson; a son, David Dixon; a daughter, Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Dixon; his mother, Mrs. D. F. Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], Miss.; three brothers, H. C. Dixon, Waterloo, Ia., Wayland Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], and Lamar Dixon, Baton Rouge, and three sisters, Mrs. Julia McElwee, Centerville [sic Centreville]; Mrs. Myron Turfitt, New Orleans, and Mrs. Aline Vaughn, Forsyth, Ga.
Mr. Dixon was born in Centerville [sic Centreville] and attended the French Camp Military academy, where he became captain of the cadets. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, Oxford.
He came to New Orleans 20 years ago and became affiliated with the Republic Box Company and later the General Box Company, which he served for a time as vice-president. He then became president of the Great Southern Box Company, Inc. Mr. Dixon once served as presidnet of the National Wirebound Box Manufacturer's Association.
He was a member of the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian church.
Published in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), July 25, 1938
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., and interment was in Metairie cemetery.
Mr. Dixon is survived by his widow, the former Miss Stuart Sanderson; a son, David Dixon; a daughter, Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Dixon; his mother, Mrs. D. F. Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], Miss.; three brothers, H. C. Dixon, Waterloo, Ia., Wayland Dixon, Centerville [sic Centreville], and Lamar Dixon, Baton Rouge, and three sisters, Mrs. Julia McElwee, Centerville [sic Centreville]; Mrs. Myron Turfitt, New Orleans, and Mrs. Aline Vaughn, Forsyth, Ga.
Mr. Dixon was born in Centerville [sic Centreville] and attended the French Camp Military academy, where he became captain of the cadets. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, Oxford.
He came to New Orleans 20 years ago and became affiliated with the Republic Box Company and later the General Box Company, which he served for a time as vice-president. He then became president of the Great Southern Box Company, Inc. Mr. Dixon once served as presidnet of the National Wirebound Box Manufacturer's Association.
He was a member of the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian church.
Published in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), July 25, 1938
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