Wilmer R. Dix, known to everyone as R.D., was born June 20, 1934, in Seymour, Missouri, to Charles Gilbert and Edna Cora (Turner) Dix. He passed away January 28, 2024, at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri, at the age of 89 years, 7 months, and 8 days.
R.D. was born and raised in Seymour and graduated from Seymour High School in the class of 1953. He proudly served two years in the United States Army. In August of 1962, he was united in marriage to Doris Carol Brixey and to this union two children were born. After he and Doris were married, they made their home in Newton, Kansas, and he worked as a machinist for Beech Aircraft. In 1999, R.D. and Doris moved back to their hometown of Seymour where they retired on the Brixey family farm.
He enjoyed working around the home doing yard work. R.D. loved nature and the outdoors. He and Doris took great pride feeding the hummingbirds, and loved to watch the deer and the turkeys that would come out of the woods on their farm.
R.D. and Doris attended Seymour First Christian Church and were very active in the church until their health failed.
Besides his parents, R.D. was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Doris Dix, daughter, Carol Leann Dix, two brothers, Roy Dix and Bill Dix, and two sisters, June Smikle and Judy Lawson.
He is survived by one son, Charles Dix and wife, Wendy, of Calais, Maine, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.
R.D. was a loving husband, father, brother, uncle, and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate his life and have many special memories that we will always cherish.
