Mary Jo Nixon was born in Dilley, Texas, on Aug. 11, 1941, to J.W. and Pauline Brookshire Boen. She grew up in Quail, Texas with her two sisters and two brothers. She passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Okla., at the age of 81.
She married her “knight in shining armor,” Lowell Nixon, in 1959. The first four years of their marriage she spent helping him complete his engineering degree at Texas Tech University. After graduation, they moved to Pittsburg, Pa. for a short time. They finally settled in the Oklahoma City area, where she raised the kids and had a career at Tinker Air Force Base.
She retired from Tinker in 2001. They enjoyed the next six years at Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas. They loved entertaining, feeding the deer and hummingbirds and lake life. They eventually moved back to Yukon, Okla. to be near family. She loved working at Love, Beal & Nixon (LBN), Bill’s law firm, until January of this year. The people at LBN were like family to Granny. She was everyone’s Honorary Granny!
She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters Juanita Boen Langley and Rita Boen Owens; brothers James “Bud” Boen and Charles “Ben” Boen; and her son, Jeffrey Lynn Nixon.
She is survived by her loving husband, Lowell Nixon, and beloved dog, Doodle, of Yukon; son Bill and Mandy Nixon, of Piedmont, Okla., and their children, Brenna Nixon and Chance Nixon, of Norman, Okla.; daughter Kim and Nick Dyer, of Mounds, Okla., and their children, Robby and Robin Dyer, of Coweta, Okla., Cindy and Mike Scorsone, of Owasso, Okla., Steven and Brittany Dyer, of Oolagah, Okla., Kaydee Dyer, of Norman, Okla., Nickolas and Reagan Dyer, of Glenpool, Okla., Brenner and Gracyn Dyer, of Kiefer, Okla., Maddie and Jonathan Peterson, of Mounds,Okla.; and daughter Susie and Doug Rodzon, of Piedmont, and their children, Jeff and Lizzy Rodzon, of Orlando, Fla., and Laynie Rodzon and Leah Rodzon, of Orlando, Fla.
As you can see, Granny had a big family! She loved boasting on the number of grandchildren she had – 20 grandkids, nine great-grandkids and countless Honorary Grandchildren.
The role of Granny was one of her favorites, second only to that of loving wife and Doodle’s mom. Grandkids loved any time they could get with Granny, as she did with them. She will be missed by all who knew her and enjoyed her sassy, spunky, loving personality!
Funeral services took place at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 9 at the Yanda & Son Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at Frisco Cemetery, located in Yukon.
Online condolences may be signed at www.yandafuneral. com.
Arrangements were under the direction of Yanda & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Yukon.
