Edna Louise (Walker Horton) Nixon

Edna Louise Walker Horton Nixon was born on May 18, 1952, in Sheffield, Alabama, to the late Mr. Milton Horton and Mrs. Mae Fannie Horton. She departed this life on April 14, at her home in Leighton, Alabama.

She accepted Christ at an early age and joined St. James M.B. Church of Leighton, Alabama, where she served as an usher for many years.

Edna loved her Pastor and First Lady Davidson, as well her church family and friends. She had a special passion for her children and grandchildren. Edna had extreme love for the Leighton Training School Class of 1970; she thought nothing, and no other class could outdo them. Edna retired after working 25 plus years at ECM Hospital in Florence, Alabama.

Edna was preceded in death by her husband, Grady Nixon III; father, Milton Horton; mother, Mae Fannie Horton; grandparents, Tommie Walker and Mattie Sue Ray, Milton Horton, Sr., RL and Mary Frankie Smith; brother, Milton D. Horton; three sisters, Earnestine “Tina” Horton, Melanie Horton, and Deborah Horton Sanders; parents-in-law, Reverend Grady (Lillie) Nixon II.

She leaves to cherish her memories:

a daughter, LaMeeka (Thomas) Marshall of Sheffield, AL; a son, Demetrius Nixon of Leighton, Alabama; son/nephew, Michael Horton of Leighton, AL; four sisters, Linda Horton Vaughn of Muscle Shoals, AL, Annie Horton Vinson (Earl MaGhee) of Leighton, AL, Carolyn (Larry) Harden of Leighton, AL, and Mary (Earl) Bailey of Muscle Shoals, AL; grandchildren, Canaan, Charisma, Micah, Malachi, DeMyla, Demoni, Layla, Jacoby; two uncles, Marion (Wanda) Horton of Cincinnati, OH; and Frank Horton of Boston, MA; aunt, Karen Horton of Cincinnati, OH; sister-in-law, Ruby Nixon Sanford; brothers-in-law, Leon, David, Jimmy, and Anthony Nixon; special friends, Willia Qualls Jones, Henry T. Williams, both of Muscle Shoals, AL, Hattie Davis, Annie Cobb, Carolyn Harden, all of Leighton, AL; Mary Davis, and Cordie Leggs, both of Tuscumbia, AL; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

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