Hazel "Nenny" Leavern Dixon Marchant, 64, of Tifton died Thursday, October 15, 2009, at her daughter's residence in Tifton. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Brantley Seymour will officiate with burial to follow in Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Berrien County. C. B. “Junior” Wood, Jack Wood, Kage Dees, Barry Whitehead, Dennis Daniel and Ricky Connor will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 17, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Marchant was born on September 6, 1945 and was the daughter of Robert Lee Dixon and Sarah Agnes Brown Dixon, both deceased. She was of the Church of God faith and had lived in Tift County all her life.
Ms. Marchant is survived by one son, Donald Gregory "Greg" Marchant of Tift County; one daughter, Machelle Clements of Tifton; two brothers, Coy Dixon of Holley Springs, North Carolina and Bobby Dixon of Knightdale, North Carolina; one sister, Joyce Burroughs of Sylvester; nine grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.