Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Elaine Ford Dixon, age 71, of Fayetteville, TN. will be conducted on Monday, October 1, 2018, at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday at 3 PM until 6 PM.

Mary Elaine Ford Dixon, age 71, was born on April 9, 1947 in Lincoln County, Tennessee to the late Jimmie Lee and Ruby Smith Ford. She was a member of the St. John Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Dixon passed away on September 26, 2018.

Survivors include her husband, of 55 years, Henry Harold Dixon; daughter, Kimberly Tawaynia Dixon of Fayetteville; TN, step-son, Kevin (Cyndia) Dixon of Lynchburg; TN, grandchildren, Thomas Tramane Dixon, Keontra Tramel Dixon, Tyler Alexis Dixon, Tryenton (Tasha) Dixon, Tekoa (Curtis) Bradford all of Fayetteville, TN, Alexis Renee Dixon of Nashville, TN, and Derrick Dixon of Topeka, KS; great-grandchildren, fourteen; great-great-grandchildren, two; sisters, Brenda (Jessie) Rodgers, Doris Stewart and Carol Ford all of Fayetteville; brothers, Dexter Ford of Fayetteville and Jimmie D. Ford of Chicago, IL; sister-in-law, Brenda Munusamy of Fayetteville; and a brother-in-law, Larry (Nancy) King of Lynchburg, TN. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Dixon was preceded in death by a son, Louis Alexis Dixon and a sister, Ophelia Ford Harper. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Dixon.