John Edward Nixon Jr.

John Edward Nixon, Jr. passed away on April 27, 2018. He was born in Batesville, Mississippi (Panola County) on April 25, 1924. He was the son of John Edward Nixon Sr. and Gola Estelle Anthony Nixon of Panola County, Mississippi, Fluvanna County, and Buckingham County, Virginia. He was a distinguished student in the public schools of Panola County, Mississippi. He worked in the business community of Fluvanna County, Virginia. He lived in Bremo Bluff, Arvonia, and Fork Union, Virginia (Fluvanna County). His personal papers are in the Alderman Library of UVA. For sixteen years he co-edited the quarterly of poetry, “The Lyric.” His poetry appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Saturday Review, Commonwealth, Mademoiselle, Arizona Quarterly, and Washingtonian. He also received the Bellaman Award. John is predeceased by his parents and his siblings, Miles Archie Nixon, Samuel Anthony Nixon, Sr., and Rubye Fowler Hubbard. He is survived four nephews and three nieces. Interment will be at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in Pope, Mississippi. John had a life-long love of all the fine arts. Online condolences may be conveyed to the family at www.woodyfuneralhomehuguenot.com.