of North Little Rock, AR
March 15, 1935 - November 17, 2020
''JD'' James Doyle Dixon, age 85, passed away November 17, 2020 after a long struggle with dementia. JD was born on March 15, 1935 to David and Dorthy Dixon of Lonoke, Arkansas.
In high school he was captain of the Lonoke Jack Rabbit's football team, He went to college at Arkansas Tech University, where he received a regional scholarship in Engineering. He served in the Army Reserve medicine in dentistry. He found himself in later years at Borden Dairy as executive vice president Southern State. He was a member of Second Baptist Church of Hot Springs, 32 Masonic Mason Westwood Lodge, Rotary Club, FBLA Phi Beta Lambda and United States Junior Chamber Jaycees. He was a Cub Scout leader for the Ouachita District in Hot Springs. Among his achievements were Dale Carnegie course management training course, 1955 promotion at Borden Dairy, 1962 sales training achievement award, JD Dixon retail sales manager, but his greatest achievement was Daddy.
JD is survived by his high school sweetheart and lovely wife, Elsie Dixon and they have two sons, Jeff Dixon (Kitten), Kurt Dixon (Shelli) and a daughter, Dena Peckham (Jim); grandchildren, Tare Dixon, grandson, Matthew Dixon, step-grandson, Mitchell Powers, granddaughter, Madison Dixon and great-granddaughter, Cadenice. He is preceded in death by his grandson, Vic Dixon.
Funeral service will be 11:00a.m., Friday, November 20, 2020 with visitation beginning at 10: 00a.m prior to the service at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Riverwood Memorial Park.
We are complying with the Arkansas Department of Health guidelines and limiting indoor funeral and visitation attendance to 50 people at one time. All attendees must provide and wear their own masks before entering.
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4 Condolence(s)
Louise Martin. Folsom
Friday, November 20, 2020
Elsie I am so sorry to hear of J.D. passing praying for you and your family.
May God bless you,Dena and the boys
Nina R Carter
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Sorry to hear of jD’s passing. Will pray God grants his family peace, comfort and fond memories.
Shayne & Tracy Smith
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Dear Aunt Elsie, Jeff, Kurt and Dena,
I just saw the obituary about Uncle JD. Despite the years apart, I retain very strong and good memories of Uncle JD. The numerous Christmas Eves and the visits to your house (where Dena graciously tried to set me up with any number of her friends) provided many memories of how great a sense of humor he had. I'm sorry to hear of the struggles of the recent years with his health. I trust he is now at peace and back to sharing that sly smile of his with all the other angels. God bless you all, Shayne and Tracy Smith
Ralph Mashburn
Thursday, November 19, 2020
I have fond memories of J.D. as we played baseball together on his Dad,s Pettus baseball team as well as the Lonoke American Legion team. His very friendly family had the Pettus general store next to the town baseball field, Oldham school house and Caney Creek Baptist Church (still there). J.D. as well as his younger brother and sister were among the finest young people in the area.
I am sorry that I have not been able to be near enough to continue our close friendship through these many years and am sorry that his family had to deal with his dementia. It’s wonderful to know that they and I can look forward to enjoying his presence with Jesus our Savior in heaven .
In the love of Christ,
Ralph Mashburn