CPO Ralph Arthur Dixon, USN (Ret.), of Charleston, SC, widower of Catherine Carradus Dixon, entered into eternal rest June 27, 2013.
Ralph was born November 29, 1918 in Blaine, Maine, the eldest of seven children of George and Roxy Bubar Dixon.
In 1936 he started employment with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939.
In 1941, while assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, he met the two greatest loves of his life - Catherine Carradus and the USS North Carolina. As a Plank Owner of the North Carolina, he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He returned to NYC in 1944 to marry his sweetheart who would be his wife for sixty seven years.
Following retirement as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy, they settled in Charleston and would retire in 1976 from a second career with the Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic.
Ralph was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, a member of the Fleet Reserve Association, American Legion and the VFW.
He was an accomplished carpenter and cabinet maker who loved boating, fishing and his family.
Ralph is survived by his daughter, Joan Strickland of Westerly, RI; son, David Dixon (Nancy) of Charleston; brother, Garnett Dixon of Exeter, NH; sister, Opal Smith of Lynn, MA; seven grandchildren, Brad Strickland, Ben Strickland, William Strickland, Kimberly Harkins, Beth Cleveland, Sarah Dixon and Ian Ford; nine great-grandchildren. Ralph is additionally survived by a sister-in-law Rose Carradus and a daughter-in-law Kitty Dixon both of Charleston, SC.
He is predeceased by two sons, Ralph W. Dixon and James E. Dixon.
A Funeral Service will be held, July 1, 2013, in the J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel, at 10:00 am. Burial with Military Honors will follow in Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends the 30th in Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Ralph was born November 29, 1918 in Blaine, Maine, the eldest of seven children of George and Roxy Bubar Dixon.
In 1936 he started employment with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939.
In 1941, while assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, he met the two greatest loves of his life - Catherine Carradus and the USS North Carolina. As a Plank Owner of the North Carolina, he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He returned to NYC in 1944 to marry his sweetheart who would be his wife for sixty seven years.
Following retirement as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy, they settled in Charleston and would retire in 1976 from a second career with the Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic.
Ralph was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, a member of the Fleet Reserve Association, American Legion and the VFW.
He was an accomplished carpenter and cabinet maker who loved boating, fishing and his family.
Ralph is survived by his daughter, Joan Strickland of Westerly, RI; son, David Dixon (Nancy) of Charleston; brother, Garnett Dixon of Exeter, NH; sister, Opal Smith of Lynn, MA; seven grandchildren, Brad Strickland, Ben Strickland, William Strickland, Kimberly Harkins, Beth Cleveland, Sarah Dixon and Ian Ford; nine great-grandchildren. Ralph is additionally survived by a sister-in-law Rose Carradus and a daughter-in-law Kitty Dixon both of Charleston, SC.
He is predeceased by two sons, Ralph W. Dixon and James E. Dixon.
A Funeral Service will be held, July 1, 2013, in the J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel, at 10:00 am. Burial with Military Honors will follow in Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends the 30th in Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
CPO Ralph Arthur Dixon, USN (Ret.), of Charleston, SC, widower of Catherine Carradus Dixon, entered into eternal rest June 27, 2013.
Ralph was born November 29, 1918 in Blaine, Maine, the eldest of seven children of George and Roxy Bubar Dixon.
In 1936 he started employment with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939.
In 1941, while assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, he met the two greatest loves of his life - Catherine Carradus and the USS North Carolina. As a Plank Owner of the North Carolina, he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He returned to NYC in 1944 to marry his sweetheart who would be his wife for sixty seven years.
Following retirement as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy, they settled in Charleston and would retire in 1976 from a second career with the Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic.
Ralph was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, a member of the Fleet Reserve Association, American Legion and the VFW.
He was an accomplished carpenter and cabinet maker who loved boating, fishing and his family.
Ralph is survived by his daughter, Joan Strickland of Westerly, RI; son, David Dixon (Nancy) of Charleston; brother, Garnett Dixon of Exeter, NH; sister, Opal Smith of Lynn, MA; seven grandchildren, Brad Strickland, Ben Strickland, William Strickland, Kimberly Harkins, Beth Cleveland, Sarah Dixon and Ian Ford; nine great-grandchildren. Ralph is additionally survived by a sister-in-law Rose Carradus and a daughter-in-law Kitty Dixon both of Charleston, SC.
He is predeceased by two sons, Ralph W. Dixon and James E. Dixon.
A Funeral Service will be held, July 1, 2013, in the J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel, at 10:00 am. Burial with Military Honors will follow in Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends the 30th in Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Ralph was born November 29, 1918 in Blaine, Maine, the eldest of seven children of George and Roxy Bubar Dixon.
In 1936 he started employment with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939.
In 1941, while assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, he met the two greatest loves of his life - Catherine Carradus and the USS North Carolina. As a Plank Owner of the North Carolina, he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He returned to NYC in 1944 to marry his sweetheart who would be his wife for sixty seven years.
Following retirement as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy, they settled in Charleston and would retire in 1976 from a second career with the Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic.
Ralph was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, a member of the Fleet Reserve Association, American Legion and the VFW.
He was an accomplished carpenter and cabinet maker who loved boating, fishing and his family.
Ralph is survived by his daughter, Joan Strickland of Westerly, RI; son, David Dixon (Nancy) of Charleston; brother, Garnett Dixon of Exeter, NH; sister, Opal Smith of Lynn, MA; seven grandchildren, Brad Strickland, Ben Strickland, William Strickland, Kimberly Harkins, Beth Cleveland, Sarah Dixon and Ian Ford; nine great-grandchildren. Ralph is additionally survived by a sister-in-law Rose Carradus and a daughter-in-law Kitty Dixon both of Charleston, SC.
He is predeceased by two sons, Ralph W. Dixon and James E. Dixon.
A Funeral Service will be held, July 1, 2013, in the J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel, at 10:00 am. Burial with Military Honors will follow in Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends the 30th in Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
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