MRS. DIXIE LOU SANFORD MESSER, AGE 85, OF CEDAR BLUFF, AL, DIED MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016, AT HER RESIDENCE.

MRS. MESSER WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1930, IN ROUND MOUNTAIN, AL, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CICERO DECATUR SANFORD AND MINNIE RENA WARD SANFORD. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BARRETT’S CHAPEL CHURCH, AND PRIOR TO HER RETIREMENT, WAS EMPLOYED AS A SUPERVISOR AT CENTRE MANUFACTURING WHERE SHE WORKED FOR 44 YEARS.

IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, FRANK MESSER; BROTHERS, LEO SANFORD AND CARL SANFORD; A SISTER, VIRGINIA
RUTLEDGE; AND GRANDSON-IN-LAW, BILL BARE.      

MRS. MESSER IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS, SHELIA HURLEY AND CINDIA MESSER PEOPLES; BROTHERS, D.C. SANFORD AND SAM SANFORD; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILD.      

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. MESSER WILL BE HELD AT 4:30 P.M. (C.S.T.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016, FROM THE MASON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REV. STEVEN BISHOP OFFICIATING.

INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE UNITY CEMETERY. ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WILL BE COLLIER PEOPLES, PATRICK BOBO, PAUL PEACE, DANNY BARE, ROB E. LEE, DERICK WILKINS, DENNIS PEACE, AND TRISTAN BARE. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE D. C. SANFORD AND WILL BARE.  

MRS. MESSER WILL BE IN STATE AT MASON FUNERAL HOME AND THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 3:30 P.M. (C.S.T.) UNTIL THE HOUR OF SERVICE  WEDNESDAY.    

MASON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS