Dixie Ann Seddon's Obituary
Dixie Ann Seddon, age 72, passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Willard Walker Hospice in Fayetteville. She was born on January 30, 1947, in Nelson, Nebraska, to Cleo and Laverne (Swanson) Doggett. She is preceded in death by her parents.
Dixie was a survivor and she learned that she had to be tough to make it through difficult situations. She took pride in her work, and she worked very hard to provide for her family for many years. Because of her work ethic she was promoted to leadership positions at work and had many peers who looked up to her and looked to her for guidance and direction. She believed in working, "by the sweat of your brow" and tried to instill this in her children.
Because her time was so limited during the work week, she always took the time on the weekends to make a special home-cooked meal for her family.
She delighted in making holidays and birthdays special. This was her way of showing her domestic side when she didn't often have much time for that during her work week.
She had a unique creative touch to everything she did, and was very gifted in decorating her house, yard and life.
She always had a special project brewing, and would look for volunteers to help her make it happen.
She took pride in her home, yard, and appearance. And she kept a very clean house, cleanliness was very important to her.
Those that knew her, knew that she was sometimes ornery, opinionated, vocal, stubborn, feisty and a bit blunt. She knew what she liked and didn't like and wasn't afraid to let you know it! (And often got her way!)
You always knew where you stood with her.
She had the memory of an elephant, if you ever did anything wrong to her, she never forgot and liked to recount the story, had no mercy, and would never let you live it down. HaHa!
She was very protective over those that she loved. She had a sweet/sensitive side too and was a nurturing mother and grandmother. She loved her children and grand children to a fault. You might not have always felt loved by her, but you knew that you were.
If she came across jaded at times, It was because of her brokenness, due to painful life experiences. Thankfully, because of her faith in Christ she is now completely whole and healed!
She had a funny side and was very sarcastic, if she felt you were being too emotional, she would say things like, "Oh, dry up!"
She was a little bit like judge Judy before judge Judy!
People who met her and took the time to get to know her will never be the same and will never forget her. She was very unique and will be greatly missed!
"Tough as shoe leather, Hard as nails"
She is survived by her loving husband, David Seddon of the home; her five children, Chris Hobbs and husband Wiley of Fayetteville, Dennis Turley and wife Ava of Winslow, Shane Turley and wife Roxanne of Washington state, Matt Turley and wife Teresa of Rogers, and Summer Jones of Fayetteville; her brother, Glenn Doggett of Chicago, Illinois; seventeen grandchildren, Ashley Turley, Joshua Turley, Cobie Turley, Brandon Scoville, Jeremy Scoville, Briana Reppert, Jordan McCord, Jacob Turley, Justice Durrett, Josiah Turley, Matthew Turley, Jr., Dakota Turley, Dasha Turley, Jasmine Jones, Savannah Jones, Whitney Jones, Serenity Jones; and fifteen great-grandchildren.
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