Funeral services for Thomas E. (Tom) Nix, Sr., of Farmerville, LA, will be at 1:00 P.M. on December 22, 2014 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ruston. Dr. Michael Hawley will officiate. Interment will follow at Providence Cemetery near Ringgold, LA.Mr. Nix was born November 8, 1936 in Jamestown, LA and passed away December 19, 2014Continue Reading
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Funeral services for Thomas E. (Tom) Nix, Sr., of Farmerville, LA, will be at 1:00 P.M. on December 22, 2014 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ruston. Dr. Michael Hawley will officiate. Interment will follow at Providence Cemetery near Ringgold, LA.Mr. Nix was born November 8, 1936 in Jamestown, LA and passed away December 19, 2014 in Ruston, LA. He served as a music minister at Paron Baptist Church of Sterlington, Emmanuel Baptist Church of Ruston, First Baptist Church of Sulphur and Boulevard Baptist of Lake Charles. Mr. Nix taught at LaGrange High School in Lake Charles for 29 years and one year in Waterproof. In 2000, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Educators Association Hall of Fame. He is preceded in death by his wife, Alice Coplen Nix; his parents, Percy and Maude Elizabeth Nix; brother, Ralph Nix and sister, Tab Moore.Mr. Nix is survived by his son, Thomas E. Nix, Jr and wife Karen of The Woodlands, TX; granddaughters, Bethanie Nix, Megan Nix, and Allison Harris; sisters Margaret Evans and Cindy Adams; numerous nieces and nephews.Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, 2424 Edenborn Avenue #660 Metairie, Louisiana, 70001 or The American Heart Association, 940 Margaret Place Ste #220 Shreveport, LA 71101.Visitation will be from 3:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston, LA.