McNeal, Ethel Louvenia Dixon (LaFayette)

  • Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Ethel Louvenia Dixon McNeal
Ethel Louvenia Dixon McNeal

Ethel Louvenia Dixon McNeal, age 85, of LaFayette, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2021.

She was born on Dec. 20, 1935 to the late Cornelius M. Dixon and Dorothy Shumaker Dixon in LaFayette, Ga. She was preceded by her husband, James McNeal; and three brothers, Joe, Doug, and Arron Dixon.

Survivors are her loving children, son, Joey (Edith) Shropshire of LaFayette, Georgia; daughter, Billie June Shropshire; and stepdaughter, Barbara Bland; grandchildren, Kim, Shonda, Antoine, Raven, Lance, C.J., Theo, Toya; great-grandchildren; sisters, Viola Wiggins, Dorothy Mae Dixon and Virginia Dixon; brothers, Monroe Dixon and David Dixon; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins; Aunt Katherine Stevens; and other relatives, and friends.

Graveside service and interment will be held on Monday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m. (Central Standard Time, (C.S.T.) at the Community Cemetery in Bolivar, Tn. 38008, with Dixie Funeral Home, 750 Bills St., Bolivar, Tennessee, 38008, (731) 658-3941.

The family will receive friends at the Willis Funeral Home on Friday, Jan. 22, from 6-7:30 p.m.

Arrangements are by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Ga.

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