The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, July 20, 1996               TAG: 9607200177
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   21 lines

ELLA M. DIXON

Ella M. Dixon, of the first block of Harbor Court, died July 17, 1996, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Dixon, a native of Isle of Wight County, Carrolton, Va., was the widow of Herbert F. Dixon. She was a legal secretary. Mrs. Dixon was a member of Saint John A.M.E. Church, Norfolk, Brock Hunter Fellowship Club, and the Birthday Club.

Survivors include two sisters, Laura Parker of Patterson, N.J., Celia Rhea of Portsmouth; two nieces, Shirley Morris and Roberta Hollomon, both of New York; a nephew, Robert Jordan of New York; and a host of other relatives and friends.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Cranford Funeral Home, Brooklyn, is in charge. Local arrangements are being handled by Hale Funeral Home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB