Mrs. Nettie Pauline Hixon, age 79, of Trion, GA, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at her residence.

Mrs. Hixon was born in Chickamauga, Georgia on June 6, 1933, daughter of the late Thomas Henry Bradley and Luttie Bell Wooten Bradley.  She was a member of the Central Avenue Baptist Church and was retired from the Mt. Vernon Mills.  Mrs. Hixon was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Edward Hixon, Sr.; a daughter, Sheila Ann Davis; brothers, James Bradley, Edward Bradley, Hugh Bradley and William Bradley; and a sister, Dorothy Durham.

Mrs. Hixon is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ralph E. Hixon, Jr., and his wife, Jo Anne, and Thomas Randall Hixon and his companion, Connie Campbell; brothers, Lebron Bradley and Leroy Bradley; sisters, Mamie Hartline and Brenda Goff; 9 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Hixon will be held Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. John Leatherwood and Rev. Owen “Bud” Davis officiating.  Interment will be Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Tennessee Georgia Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Hixon will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.