Daniel Roberts Dixon, II

Daniel Roberts Dixon, II, retired tax attorney, professor and CPA, died on Jan. 17, 2009. He was currently a resident of Davis Health Care in Wilmington, NC. He was born Feb. 22, 1911 to Daniel Roberts and Ida Mason Dixon in Rocky Mount, NC. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Carol Chamberlain Dixon and by brothers, William R. Dixon, Bradford M. ""Teeny"" Dixon and sisters, Edith Dixon Oates and Routh Purcell Dixon. He is survived by a son, Daniel R. Dixon III and daughter-in-law Terri Simmons Dixon of Wilmington and daughter, Carolyn Dixon Dyess and son-in-law, John F. Dyess of St. Louis, MO. He has grown granddaughters, Audrey Dyess Lumetta Nicholas of St. Louis and Amanda Dixon Costanzo Kyle of Wilmington. He was educated at William and Mary where he received the AB degree in 1937. He was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award by the college of Willliam and Mary on June 7, 1937. He earned from Duke University, an LLB in 1941 and from New York Universtiy, an LLM in Taxation in 1951. He became a Certified Public Accountant in the state of NC in 1949. He was an attorney for Hamel, Park and Saunders in Washington, DC 1951-1952, Associate Professor of business law and economics at NC State University in Raleigh 1954-1976 and in private practice as Dixon and Hunt Attorneys at Law in Raleigh from 1953-2002. He was author of the Graphic Guide to Fundamental Accounting and various articles for law journals and trade publications. He belonged to Phi Beta Kappa and served as President of the Wake County Chapter 1960-1961. Member of NC Triangle Coun., NC Bar Assoication, Wake County Bar Association, Omicron Delta Epsilon, and Navy League of US judge advocate 1990-1996. He served as a Captain in the US Air Corps from 1942-1946. Some other of his endeavors were that of inventor, carpenter, poet, musician and writer. Join us for a time of visitation and celebration of his life from 1 to 2 pm Friday, January 23, 2009 at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Ave. in Rocky Mount, NC 27804. Funeral services will begin at 2pm Friday in the funeral home chapel followed by a graveside service at Pineview Cemetery 761 N. Raleigh St., Rocky Mount, NC 27801. Charitable donations can go to the Navy League Foundation Scholarship Program, Navy League of the United States, Attn: Development Office, 2300 Wilson Blvd. Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22201 or visit www.navyleague.org/giving_ways.