Dixie Watson Fausett

Atlanta native DIXIE WATSON FAUSETT was born at home on July 7, 1932, to Mary Lee Staton and Millard C. Watson. She was an exemplary daughter and daughter-in-law, a loving wife, a devoted mother, grandmother and mother-in-law, as well as a dedicated elementary schoolteacher. She passed away January 8, at the age of 82. Always avowing her dream to become a teacher, she graduated from Brown High School in Atlanta's West End in 1950. Then, under the tutelage of Roy W. Davis, a family friend and Assistant Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools who referred to her as "the daughter I never had," she enrolled in Mercer University at Macon. There she majored in Elementary Education and minored in Music, performing the lead in a couple of operettas, and from which she graduated in 1954. That same year she married her high school sweetheart and love of her life, Dan Fausett, who survives her. While at Mercer she was president of Kappa Delta Epsilon professional education sorority, elected to Alpha Psi Omega national honorary dramatic fraternity, vice-president of Future Teachers of America, a member of the BSU Greater Council, the Mercer Players, the Mercer Glee Club and representative to the Women's Student Government. Professionally, she was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, and as a proud alumna of Mercer, she was a long-time member of the President's Club. Early in her career she taught various elementary grades at Venetian Hills and Continental Colony schools in the Atlanta system before finally retiring from Woodward Academy after nineteen years' service at that private institution. Raised and married in the former West End Baptist Church, she was asked to sing in the adult choir as a young teenager and taught junior-aged girls in Sunday School. Later, at the former Beecher Hills Baptist Church, she directed children's choirs, sang in the adult choir and taught intermediate girls in Sunday School. She and her husband are currently members of the Southwest Christian Church where until recently she sang in the adult choir. During their retirement, she and Dan traveled extensively, visiting some thirty-five countries including such exotic places as Egypt, Turkey and Russia. In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughter, Dr. Mary Diane Fausett, and son, Jonathan Daniel Fausett (Pam), and grandsons, Ryan, Andrew and Benjamin. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Southwest Christian Care, 7225 Lester Road, Union City, GA 30291, whose hospice staff served her so compassionately at the end of her life. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11 o’clock at Southwest Christian Church with Minister Craig Kingston and Minister Alan Stith officiating. Interment to follow at Westview Cemetery. Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at www.parrottfuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Parrott Funeral Home and Crematory, 770-964-4800.

Dixie Watson Fausett

July 7, 1932 - January 8, 2015