Clarence Lester Dixon, age 85, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at
Hospice of Wendover.

He was born May 22, 1930 in Gaston County to the late Henry Warlick Dixon
and Julia Irene Harris Dixon. He was a lifelong member of Friendship United
Methodist Church in Fallston. A graduate of Fallston High School where he
was a member of the Flying Five Basketball team, he went on to graduate from
Appalachian State University with a Master's Degree in Education. He served
in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He taught at Cherryville High
School before teaching for twenty-seven years at Shelby Junior High School
where he taught Physical Science and PE and coached football, basketball,
and baseball. He was inducted into the Cleveland County Sports Hall of Fame
in 2004.

Affectionately known as "Pop," he valued God, family, hard work, and his
country. His strong work ethic has been passed on to his children and
grandchildren, and he will be remembered as a humble man of integrity.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-nine years, Jorene (Jo) McSwain Dixon, a
daughter, Cindy Strother and her husband Dennis of Red Springs, NC; sons
Michael Dixon and wife Joy of Lawndale; and Mark Dixon and his wife Rhonda
of Lattimore. He also is survived by grandchildren Evan Dixon and his wife
Sarah, Ethan Dixon, Emily Strother, Holly Strother, Darin Dixon, Dusty
Dixon, Dawson Dixon, Nathan Pearson, Kendall Wesson, and Kaitlyn Wesson, and
one great-grandchild, Michael Carter Dixon. He is also survived by
brothers-in-law Jim McSwain and his wife Peggy, Mac McSwain and his wife
Brenda, sister Betty Falls and her husband Harold and sister-in-law Dot
Dixon, as well as many nieces, nephews, and close friends.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers Boyd Dixon
and his wife Beth, Robert Dixon and his wife Hazel, and Charles Dixon and a
grandson, Dylan Dixon.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday at
Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Fallston. Condolences may
be made online at www.stameytysingerfuneralhome.com.

The funeral service will be 11:00 AM on Tuesday at Friendship United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Neal Bower, Rev. Terry Bevill, and Chaplian
Jim McSwain officiating.

The burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fallston, with military
graveside rites.

Memorials may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church, PO Box 219,
Fallston, NC 28042, or Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive,
Shelby, NC 28150

Arrangements by Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc.,
Fallston.