Martha C. Dixon
* adopted at a very early age by Melvin Curtis and Mona (Strong) Currier
* graduated from Mound City, High School in 1965, and attended one year at St. Mary\'s School of Nursing, St. Joseph, Missouri
* married: David Benson Dixon
* made their home in North Carolina and raised two daughters
* lived in the Rock Port, Missouri, area since 1991
* employed as a seamstress, waitress and in the cotton mills in North Carolina
* preceded in death by her parents, husband, David, and brothers and sisters
* Survivors include two daughters, nine grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren; two sisters
Born 8/1/1947
Died 8/10/2010
* daughter of Albert and Susie Rhoades
* adopted at a very early age by Melvin Curtis and Mona (Strong) Currier
* graduated from Mound City, High School in 1965, and attended one year at St. Mary\'s School of Nursing, St. Joseph, Missouri
* married: David Benson Dixon
* made their home in North Carolina and raised two daughters
* lived in the Rock Port, Missouri, area since 1991
* employed as a seamstress, waitress and in the cotton mills in North Carolina
* preceded in death by her parents, husband, David, and brothers and sisters
* Survivors include two daughters, nine grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren; two sisters