Willie "Wilmer" Dixon's Obituary
Funeral services for Willie “Wilmer” Dixon, 70 , of Anacoco, Louisiana will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 29, 2013, at the First United Pentecostal Church in Anacoco with Rev’s. Shannon Buxton and Louis Magee officiating. Burial will follow in Self Cemetery in Hornbeck under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation was held Saturday, September 28, beginning at 5:00 p.m. until service time at the church.
Willie, the son of Elmer Lee and Georgia Trapp Dixon, was born March 11, 1943. He passed away Friday, September 27 at Grace Home in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Willie began his career in law enforcement with the Leesville City Police following his graduation from Anacoco High School in 1962. He then retired from the Louisiana State Police with the rank of Lieutenant after 23 years of service. He served as the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Department Liaison to Fort Polk for 22 years. Willie was a Mason and member of Orange Lodge #319.
Willie is survived by his wife of 46 years, Ellen Perry Dixon; son, Stacy Dixon and wife Rhonda of Anacoco; three grandchildren, Mitchell Dixon, Morgan Dixon and their mother, Janice Dixon, and Scottie Biscamp and his wife Chelsea; sisters-in-law, Ann Perry and Ida Cryer, both of Sieper, Louisiana, Angie Dixon of Anacoco. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Wayne Dixon.
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