Theo Adele Kramer Dixon

Theo Adele Kramer Dixon
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Sterlington Road, Monroe

Graveside services for Theo Adele Kramer Dixon, of Monroe, will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, January 28, 2010, at Riverview Cemetery, Monroe, LA with The Reverend Canon Gregg Riley, Grace Episcopal Church, officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

She faced life with courage, conviction, joy, excitement, and a sense of humor. God gave her the miracle of personality. She was born on June 4, 1927 in Shreveport, LA and grew up in Franklin, LA.

Mrs. Dixon was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Foster Kramer; and her husband, Joe Hart Dixon.

Survivors include one brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Frere Kramer of Franklin, LA; two sons, Joe Hart Dixon, Jr. and wife Kay Matkins, and Thomas Kramer Dixon; one daughter, Adele Buntin and husband David W.; and nine grandchildren, Katherine Frere Dixon Sandifer, Caroline Carter Dixon Carpenter, Clair Kramer Dixon, Joe Hart Dixon, III, Anna Elizabeth Marsh Dixon, Melissa Doll Dixon Langley, Jessica Buntin Smith, Jesh Buntin, and Jonathan Buntin.

Mrs. Dixon was a “Cradle” Episcopalian; graduate of Louisiana State University and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She trained as a Lab Tech at Charity Hospital in New Orleans.

Mrs. Dixon was very active in the civic and social life of Monroe. She served on the board of the Masur Museum of Art and the board of United Way and was a volunteer at St. Francis Hospital and the St. Joseph Home. She was a member of the Monroe Garden Club, the Monroe Garden Study League, the Junior Charity League, the English Speaking Union, the Junior Study Book Club, the Episcopal Daughters of the King, the Colonial Dames of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First Families of Mississippi, and Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae.

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