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The funeral service for
Mildred Lucille
(Francis) Dixon, age 88,
will be at 2:00 PM
Thursday, Sept. 17,
2009, at First Baptist
Church, with Rev. Keith
Miller and Rev. Curtis
Dixon officiating.
Burial will be in
Memorial Park Cemetery
with arrangements by
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home. Visitation with
the family will be
Wednesday evening from
6:30 to 8:00 PM at the
funeral home.
Mildred was born
to Alfred and Eva Lee (Dupus)
Francis on June 7, 1921,
in Helena, and died
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009
in Enid.
She moved to Aline
with her mother and
brother, Harold, to live
with her grandfather
after her father died in
1924. She attended
Round Grove School
through the 8th
grade and graduated from
Carmen High School in
1939. After high
school, she worked in
Okla. City where she met
her first husband,
Thomas Upton. She was
widowed in 1944 and
moved with her two
children, Mildred and
Sam, to Enid. She
became a member of First
Baptist Church where she
taught Sunday School.
She married Wayne
Robinson in 1946. They
had two daughters,
Loretta and Rebekah.
She was a homemaker and
Girl Scout leader. In
1958 she went to work
for Enid High School
cafeteria and later for
Bass Hospital until her
retirement in 1983. She
was widowed a second
time in 1974 and married
Dwight Dixon in 1976.
They were charter
members of Cornerstone
Baptist Church. They
have lived at Golden
Oaks since 2004.
She is survived by
her husband Dwight; her
daughter Millie Upton
Hager and husband Darrel
of Enid, and their five
children John Hager,
Sherri Hager, Jeff
Hager, Mark Hager and
Stacey Hager Irwin, and
eleven grandchildren;
son Sam Upton and wife
Valerie of Houston, and
their three children,
Alicia Groff, Cheryl
Lorraine Fogarty and
Victoria Dawn Upton, and
their four
grandchildren; her
daughter Loretta
Robinson Spleth and
husband Jim of Enid, and
their three children,
Emily Spleth Tossetti,
Sarah Spleth and Susan
Spleth, and one
grandson; her daughter
Rebekah “Becky” Robinson
Thompson and husband Jim
of Marietta, GA, and
their two children,
Jessica Thompson and
Amanda Thompson Howell.
She is also survived by
her brother and his
wife, Cliff and Janet
Seifert of Enid, and
step-sons Larry and
Everett Dixon.
Mildred was preceded
in death by her parents,
brother, two
step-sisters, and two
husbands.
Memorials may be
made through the funeral
home to First Baptist
Church World Missions.
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