John Frank Dixon, 94, of Bovina, Texas, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021.  Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the Bovina United Methodist Church with Rev. Larry Mitchell officiating. Inurnment following in the Bovina Cemetery by HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home of Friona.

John was born at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas on April 23, 1927.  He had so much hair, they had to give him a haircut before he left the hospital.

He attended Margaret Wills Elementary in Amarillo and Sam Houston Junior High while living in Amarillo.  His family moved to Wellington, Texas where he attended Wellington High as a freshman for a single semester. Then, the family moved to Kress, Texas, and John finished high school and graduated from Kress High School in May of 1945.

John graduated from high school one day and then went to work at Johnnie's Butane the next day in Kress, Texas.  He worked there until he was drafted into the Army on January 19, 1951, at the beginning of the Korean War.  He went to boot camp at Camp Chaffee and finished his service at Camp Chaffee in Fort, Smith, Arkansas.

He met the love of his life, Eloise Perry, through mutual friends Wendall and Mary Tom Tooley.  After a short two month dating period, John proposed to her in January before he left for the Army.  While in the Army, they married on May 7, 1951, on Saturday evening but, he had to be back to camp for reveille on Monday morning.  They celebrated over 50 years of marriage before she passed away on October 26, 2004.

After being discharged from the Army, he went back to Kress and began farming.  In January of 1956, John, Eloise, and David moved to Bovina, Texas.  Gail and Michael were born while living in Bovina.  Farming was his livelihood his whole life.  He lived through some lean years and some very good years but loved every minute of farming.  Later, he began to raise cattle as a supplement to farming and loved looking at the cattle every morning.  John belonged to the United Methodist Church in Bovina where he worshiped his whole life while living in Bovina.  John and Eloise raised their three children in Bovina before the children headed out into the world.

John served his community by participating on the Bovina City Commission for two years and he served on the Parmer County Farm Bureau board.  He also held several offices on the Bovina United Methodist Church Board.  In 2009, he was given the Heritage Award from the Bovina Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.  In 2019, John was named the Man of the Year by the Bovina Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, P.O and Ella Dixon, his wife, Mary Eloise Dixon, his sister, Mary Hazel Hill, and brother Robert Dixon.

He is survived by his three children and their spouses and their many grandchildren and great-grandchildren which include: David and Bobbie Dixon and their children Brandon Dixon, Michael Dixon, and Jennifer and Tom Walling; Gail and Kent Blain and their children Karis and Curtis Chamberlin, Trae and Kimberly Blain, Chelsea and Dave O'Neal; Mike and Sharon Dixon and their children, Scott and Jessica Dixon, Erin and Aaron Smith.  John also has many great-grandchildren which include Cooper and Mason Walling; Faith, Abigail, and Ian Chamberlain; Benjamin, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Caleb Blain; Lance, Xander, and Calvin O'Neal; Grace, Wyatt and Clara Dixon; Alivia, Kinsley, and Rilee Smith. John is also survived by his sister Dixie Baker.

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