Dixie Gulley

Funeral Services for Mr. Dixie Wyman Gulley, 85 of the Mydette Community of Panola County, Texas will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Travis Gulley officiating. Burial will follow in Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Family visitation will be Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 6–8:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Carthage, Texas. Mr. Gulley died Sunday, October 10, 2010 at his home in the Mydette Community. Mr. Dixie Wymon Gulley was born May 29, 1925 in the Mydette Community of Panola County, Texas. He was the sixth of eight children to the marriage of Marvin and Maude LaGrone Gulley and was a descendent of two of the Panola County’s earliest pioneer families (The Gulley and LaGrone Families). Born and raised in Mydette Community, he was a 1943 graduate of Carthage High School before enlisting in the United States Navy during World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Sirius during the South Pacific Campaign and was stationed at Oakland Navel Hospital until released in 1946. During his service in California, he married Ruby Smauley on May 3, 1945 and was together 53 years until she preceded him in death on April 21, 1998. After returning home, he briefly attended Texas A&M College before moving his family to Port Arthur, Texas. He went to work for the Gulf Oil Corporation and was there for 32 1/3 years and was a member of AFL-CIO Union for 30 years. Upon his retirement in 1979, he returned to Panola County to make his home. There to enjoy the land, his family and his passion for hunting. Mr. Gulley is preceded in death by his parents, wife, son, Jackie W. Gulley, brothers, Marvin Travis Gulley, Lynus Wayne Gulley, William Bain Gulley, Kenneth Gulley, sister, Grace Stanford, Gertrude Hill and Salley Alexander. Mr. Gulley is survived by his daughter, Patricia G. Aaron and husband William Fair of Mydette community; grandchildren, Jerry Wayne Aaron and wife Dollie McGuire of Marshall, Kristie Morgan and husband Mack of Shreveport, Dixie Lynette Aaron of Shreveport, Stacey D. Aaron of Shreveport, Great Grandchildren, Josh Thompson, Blake Wilkins, Mackenzie Morgan, Lexie Aaron and Aaron Morgan; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends Serving as pallbearers are James Harold Hill, Terry Gulley, William B. Gulley, Matt Alexander, Tommy Stanford, Ismael Alvarado, Gary K. Hickey and Josh Thompson. Honorary pallbearers are James Hill, Jr., Joe Marvin White and John Thomas The Family requests that memorials may be made to Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery Association or the Charity of your choice. The family would like to give special thanks to Ismael Alvarado and Family, Texas Home Health and Life Care Hospice and Mr. Gulley’s Caregivers.

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Dixie Gulley

May 29, 1925 - October 10, 2010