Leroy Dixon

Funeral services for Leroy Dixon, age 83, of Sulphur Springs will be 10:00 am, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Wesley Methodist Church with Rev. Brian Bosworth officiating. Interment will follow in the Posey Cemetery with Rick Beadles, Rodney Beadles, David Beadles, Larry Speed, Gary Speed, Billy Campbell, and Mark Warren serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Gene Lewis, Calvin Prince and the members of Wesleyan Sunday School Class at Wesley United Methodist Church. Visitation will be 6:00 till 8:00 pm, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Leroy Dixon passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012 at his residence. He was born on November 27, 1928 in Posey, the son of Clarence and Grace Campbell Dixon. He married Diane Carlisle in Sulphur Springs on July 30, 1955. She survives.
Leroy proudly served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict and was a member of the Hopkins County Marine Corps League Detachment 1357. He retired from the General Motors Company in Arlington after 30 years of service. Leroy was an active member of the Wesley United Methodist Church where he served as usher and member of the Administrative Board.
Other survivors include: sons, Kelly Dixon and wife, Shannon of Wichita, KS and Chris Dixon and wife, Cristine, of Grapevine; daughter, Stephanie Hensley and husband, Keith of Burleson; grandchildren, Christine Dixon, Paige Mathis, Aaron Dixon, Ryan Dixon, Layle Sidwell, Vaughn Sweet, April Hensley, and Kirk Hensley; great grandson, Dayton Martinez; grandchildren adopted through love, Levi Warren and Korinna Barkok.
He was preceded in death by parents, and two sisters, Joyce Speed and JoAnn Beadles, and one infant brother.

Memorials may be made to the Children's Ministry of the Wesley United Methodist Church, 614 Texas Street, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482