Bettie Jane Mitchell Hanson Dixon was born in Zwolle February 10, 1925. She went home to be with the Lord on October 22, 2017. She spent several years of her childhood in Louisiana, but eventually moved with her family to Houston, Texas. In August of 1944 she married a young Air Force Lieutenant named Halworth “Hollly” Noble Hanson from Holmen, Wisconsin. The following July the young couple welcomed their first child. They named her Karen Ann. In 1951, their second daughter was born in October—Kristi Lee. In 1988, Holly passed away in Pasadena, Texas. In December 1991, Bettie married Melvin Dixon and welcomed his children into her family. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle and Hobart Mitchell; brother, Hobart, Jr.; sister, Maurine; and brother-in-law, Frank White. She leaves behind her husband, Melvin C. Dixon; daughters, Karen, Kristi, and Terri, and husband, Chuck; sons, Clarence, and wife, Wendy, and Mickey and wife, Kay; along with a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many other loved ones. Services were held at Walter’s Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas October 25. Burial was held October 26 at Forest Park Funeral Home on Lawndale in Houston, Texas.
July 13, 2026
