Ella Mae Dixon, daughter of the late William Edgar McKee and Elizabeth Wright McKee, was born on September 21, 1919 in Bell City, Missouri and departed this life on June 16, 2014 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 94.

Mrs. Dixon was a member of the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter.  She had worked at Elders Manufacturing in Dexter and enjoyed the singing at the Dexter Senior Center.

She was united in marriage to Clyde C. Dixon on October 15, 1937 in Bloomfield.  Mr. Dixon preceded her in death on March 31, 2007. 

She is survived by three sons, Robert E. (Kay) Dixon of Springfield, Kenneth D. (Betty) Dixon of Jackson and Clyde A. (Melinda) Dixon of Dexter; by one grandson, Jeff (Cristy) Dixon of Bloomfield, who was raised as a son; by one brother, Kermit (Rosemary) McKee of Gruver, Texas; and by eleven grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren. 

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Darrell R. Dixon; by four brothers, Paul McKee, Bill McKee, Don McKee and Floyd McKee; and by one sister, Mable Malone.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, June 20, 2014 from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.  Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, June 20, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. with Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating.  Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Dexter Senior Center, 23 West Stoddard Street, Dexter, Missouri 63841.