Dixie Bacon

(From Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home)

Mrs. Dixie Jewell Bacon, 92, of Carl Junction, Missouri, departed this life Thursday, January 26, 2017, in the comfort of her home after a brief illness.

Dixie entered this life on October 7, 1924, in Sarcoxie, Missouri, one of four children born to the union of Gilbert Lawson and Anna (Culley) Lambeth. On June 27, 1942, in Carl Junction, Missouri, she was united in marriage to William Andrew “Bill” Bacon together they shared forty-six years together before his passing on June 19, 1988; to this union four children were born. She was employed by Eagle Picher in Joplin, Missouri, retiring in 1990. Dixie was an avid reader. She enjoyed gardening and spending time with her family.

She is survived by her four children, John Bacon, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, Sally Martin and husband, David, of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, Patricia Ryan and husband, Chris, of Webb City, Missouri, and Jerry Bacon and wife, Patsy of Joplin, Missouri; six grandchildren, Andrew Bacon, Crystal Francis, Michelle Rutledge, Stacey Gilbert, Diana Goodwin and Kim McWilliams; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Lonnie Lambeth of Carthage, Missouri; as well as a host of other family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and two sisters, Zela May Nolan Baird and Minnie Arla NcNabb.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Bacon are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at the Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City, Missouri with Mike Wilkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carl Junction, Missouri. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Leslie Lambeth, Greg Ulmer, Justin Ulmer, Andrew Bacon, Steven Rutledge and David Gilbert. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.hedgelewis.com. In lieu of flowers memorials are being directed to Joplin Humane Society and may be left at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City, Missouri.