Dixon, Shirley Hoffman

Mrs. Dixon, widow of James “Sonny Boy” Dixon, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Born in Darlington Co., SC, she was a daughter of the late Malone and Mattie Howle Hoffman. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene and was retired from Hartsville Manufacturing and Red Fox Apparel. She was a loving, caring aunt who helped raise many of her nieces and nephews. Surviving are her sisters, Margaret King of Hartsville, SC, Helen Tisdale of Sumter, SC; brothers, Jimmy Hoffman and Joe Hoffman of Hartsville, SC; numerous nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Jay Hoffman, Ernest Hoffman, Les Hoffman, Donnie Hoffman, David Hoffman; sister, Jacqueline Horne. Funeral services for Shirley Hoffman Dixon, 73, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2010 at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Carey Pratt will officiate with burial in Damascus Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105; Down Syndrome Association, Box 2275, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465.