Billy Nixon

80 year old Billy Nixon of Smithville died Tuesday at Dekalb Community Hospital. He was a retired photographer for the U.S. Government and a member of the Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church. The funeral will be Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bill Robertson will officiate. Burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until the service at 11:00 a.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Finis and Jessie Jones Nixon; a sister, Yutharyee Leftwich; one brother, Huel Dee Nixon. He is survived by his wife, Rita Johnson Nixon of Smithville; Two daughters, Barbara and husband Serge Bush of Huntsville, Alabama, and Regina Gayle Brayshaw of Florida; two sons, Richard and wife Lora Nixon of North Carolina, and Daniel Nixon of Florida. Ten grandchildren. Four great grandchildren. One brother, Ken Nixon of Knoxville. One sister, Stacie Vance of Murfreesboro. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.