Dixie Lee Doyle, 93 of Walnut Ridge; passed away March 17, 2023 at the Lawrence Hall Nursing Center in Walnut Ridge.
Born September 22, 1929, in the Bakersfield, MO area; daughter of the late, Lou and Mamie Byrd Holstine. Dixie was united in marriage to Borden Fred “Jack” Doyle on March 9, 1946. They lived a short while in Coos Bay, Oregon, then returned to Arkansas and settled in the Sedgwick area. She was an assembly worker for General Electric and helped her husband Jack on the farm. She loved cooking, raising and breeding dogs and chickens, and spending time with her grandchildren.
She is preceded by her parents; her husband Jack in 2014; a daughter, Pattie Lou Johnson; two brothers, Joe and Jack Holstine; and three sisters, Leno Cornish, Virgina Gibson, and Clara Atkinson.
Survivors include her two daughters, Jackie Sue Sexton (Larry) and Louretta Copeland (Gary); six grandchildren, Brett Johnson, Shannon Black (Jeremy), Cynthia Marie Proctor, Scott Sexton (Kim), Shane Copeland, and Shelly Wood; six great grandchildren, Quinn, Beck, Colton, Walker, Jack and Noah; several nieces and nephews, and special neighbors, Junior and Bonnie Dean; and many other relatives and friends.
Graveside services will be Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 2 P.M. in the Herman Cemetery near Westside. Pallbearers will be her family and friends.
