September 11, 1936 March 10, 2025
Dixie Whiteside, 88, of Center, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025, in Center. Visitation was held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center. Funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Watson & Sons Chapel with Sister Melba Rodgers officiating. Interment followed at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center.
Born September 11, 1936, in Center, Dixie is the daughter of George Mitchell and Lela Hughes Mitchell. She loved gardening and checking on her cows.
She is survived by her children, Dannie Helton and Darrell Whiteside and wife, Michelle; daughter in-law, Sheila Whiteside; grandchildren, Dan Helton and wife, Stephanie, Charla and husband, John Young, Darren Whiteside and wife, Tina, Chad Nichols and wife, Georgia, Connor Whiteside and wife, Jaiden, Lindsey Eddins, Megan and husband, Ridge Delahoussaye, Chavaletta Johnson and husband, Brad, Waylon Whiteside, Jennifer Whiteside, Tiffany Whiteside, David Whiteside II, and Colt Whiteside; 31 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Georgia Bloodgood; and family friends, Aaron Stockton and wife, Misty, and Connie Hodges.
Preceded in death by husband, Wayland Bacle Whiteside; children, Donese Whiteside and David Whiteside; and parents, George Mitchell and Lela Hughes Mitchell.
Pallbearers were Jessie Rose, Shawn Whiteside, Darren Whiteside, Cecil Jackson, Aaron Stockton, and Zack Mahan. Honorary pallbearers were Mike Whiteside, Kenneth Noble, Shane Whiteside, and Chad Nichols.
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