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Dawson was predeceased by his wife, the former Billie Maxwell (July 3, 1935 – April 1, 2000), a school teacher and counselor, originally from Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. She died of [[cancer]] six years before her husband expired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/la/la-jackson4.htm|title=Miscellaneous Jackson Parish, LA, Obituaries|website=www.obitcentral.com}}</ref> Dawson was a vestryman of St. James [[Episcopal]] Church and a veteran member and past president of the Alexandria Optimist Club. He also served as president of the board of directors of the Alexandria/Pineville Young Men's Christian Association and was active in the [[United Way]], an organization promoted by ''The Town Talk''.<ref name=Obit/>
Dawson was predeceased by his wife, the former Billie Maxwell (July 3, 1935 – April 1, 2000), a school teacher and counselor, originally from Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. She died of [[cancer]] six years before her husband expired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/la/la-jackson4.htm|title=Miscellaneous Jackson Parish, LA, Obituaries|website=www.obitcentral.com}}</ref> Dawson was a vestryman of St. James [[Episcopal]] Church and a veteran member and past president of the Alexandria Optimist Club. He also served as president of the board of directors of the Alexandria/Pineville Young Men's Christian Association and was active in the [[United Way]], an organization promoted by ''The Town Talk''.<ref name=Obit/>
Dawson died in Rapides Regional Medical Center of complications from a fall and heart disease. Services were held on November 26, 2006, in St. James Church, with the Reverend Fred H. Tinsley, Jr., officiating. The Dawsons are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref>Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, Alexandria, LA, information sheet</ref> Survivors included daughters Stacey Blum (born 1962) and husband Alfred M. Blum (born 1960) of [[Oakland]], [[California]], and Catherine Gitter (born 1969) and husband Douglas K. "Doug" Gitter (born 1965) of [[ksonville]], [[Florida]], formerly of [[New Orleans]], and his five grandchildren, Max, Ashley, and Polly Blum and Chase, and Annie Gitter.<ref name=Obit/>
Dawson died in Rapides Regional Medical Center of complications from a fall and heart disease. Services were held on November 26, 2006, in St. James Church, with the Reverend Fred H. Tinsley, Jr., officiating. The Dawsons are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref>Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, Alexandria, LA, information sheet</ref> Survivors included daughters Stacey Blum (born 1962) and husband Alfred M. Blum (born 1960) of [[Oakland]], [[California]], and Catherine Gitter (born 1969) and husband Douglas K. "Doug" Gitter (born 1965) of [[Jacksonville]], [[Florida]], formerly of [[New Orleans]], and his five grandchildren, Max, Ashley, and Polly Blum and Chase, and Annie Gitter.<ref name=Obit/>
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