Mrs. Dorothy Jean Dixon Ganas, 85, died Saturday morning (May 26, 2018) at her residence in Dixie Union. She was a native and lifelong resident of Ware County. A 1948 graduate of Wacona School, Dorothy retired from Memorial Hospital (now Memorial Satilla Health) in Waycross as a medical secretary and transcriptionist. She was a member of Haywood Baptist Church. Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents, Nathan Eugene Smith and Vera Davis Smith; her first husband, Emmett Leavy (E.L.) Dixon, Sr.; her second husband, Harry Vernon Ganas; and her sister, Mary Ann Smith Bennett. Survivors include her two sons, Leavy Dixon (Joan) of Waycross, and Wally Dixon (Jessie) of Waycross; one step-daughter, Carol Ganas Medders of Alma; seven grandchildren, Renee Dixon Smart, Bonnie Dixon Collins, Stephanie Dixon Johnson, Scott Dixon, Kevin Dixon, Jordan Dixon and Darrell Dixon; 13 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; two step-grandchildren, Michelle Glass and Charlie Barnard; 5 step-great grandchildren; one sister, Jane Smith Gunter of Waycross; two brothers, Edward Smith and Joel H. “Buck” Smith both of Waycross; and numerous brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday (May 30, 2018) at the Music Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends the hour prior to the service. The Haywood Baptist Church Senior Adult Sunday School Class is asked to meet 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home to serve as honorary pallbearers. Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com. To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the family of Dorothy Dixon Ganas, please visit our Tribute Store.
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Death notice for the town of: Waycross, state: Georgia