Funeral services for Dorothy Louise Nix, 72, of Gillsville, were held Sunday, Dec. 20, at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Lula with the Rev. Chad Parker, the Rev. Kenneth McEntire, and the Rev. Zach Watson officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with the Rev. Jeremy Carlan officiating at the graveside.
Mrs. Nix left this earth to enter her heavenly home Friday, Dec. 18, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
Born June 8, 1948, in the New Holland Community of Gainesville, she was the daughter of Elvia Cook Carlan of Baldwin, and the late Monroe Jackson J.M. Carlan.
Louise worked for the Blue Bell sewing plant for a few years and was a homemaker for the remainder of her adult life. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, reading, watching Westerns, and listening to Southern Gospel music. Most of all, Louise was her husband, Earl's best friend and a devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her love for them outstretched the world. She was an active member of Mountain View Baptist Church in Baldwin.
Survivors include her loving husband of 55 years, Kenneth Earl Nix Sr.; children, Porsha Chalmers and Jim Carson, Elaine and Jeff Williams, Jane and Mike Smith, Earl Jr. and Crystal Nix, and Kimberly and Joey Bennett; mother, Elvia Cook Carlan; brother and sister-in-law, Marvin and Sharon Carlan; grandchildren, Chelsea and Christopher Moat, Michaela Smith, Bria Nix, Perrin Winter, Matthew Chalmers, Jarrett Smith, Seth and Mariah Williams, Dillon and Brooke Nix, Brady and Chelsey Winter, Josh Winter, and Luke Parsons; great-grandchildren, Adalynn Kate Bennett, Ayden Bennett, and Owen Moat; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
An online guest registry is available at HillsideMemorialChapel.com.
Flowers are accepted or memorial donations may be made in memory of Dorothy Louise Nix to Gideons International, North Habersham Camp, P.O. Box 1855, Clarkesville, GA. 30523
Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville, Georgia.