Dixie B. Bownds(Slaton) Dixie B, Bownds, 89 of Slaton passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 after a sudden illness.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, October 12, 2016, in First Baptist Church with Dr. Cleve Kerby officiating. Interment will follow in Englewood Cemetery, under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton.
The family will have a visitation from 6:00 to 7:30 PM, Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at Englunds.
Dixie was born February 23, 1927 in Slaton. She attended Slaton schools. Dixie married Truett Bownds on November 15, 1942 in Clovis, NM. They started Bownds Body Shop in 1943, where she was Co-Owner and Business Manager.
She was preceded in death by Truett in 2009 and a son Larry in 1989 and a grandson Cavin Brieger in 1964.
Dixie is survived by her daughter Jan Wade of Slaton, two sons Landy Bownds and Tracye of Gonzales LA., and Lance Bownds and wife Tondya of Idalou, along with nine grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren and one of the family’s closest friends Jeannette Bradford.
The family suggests memorials South Plains Parkinson Society contact # 512 873 2244 or to the First Baptist Church or Slaton’s Senior Citizen’s “Meals on Wheels”
