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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1921 - 2000 (78 years)
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Dixon, Bernard Harding |
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18 Mar 1921 |
Caswell County, North Carolina  |
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Male |
| Reference Number |
I72826 |
| Died |
22 Feb 2000 |
Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina |
| Buried |
Moons Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I72826 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
21 Jun 2022 |
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- Bernard Harding Dixon
PROVIDENCE, N.C. - Bernard Harding Dixon, 78, of 2091 Park Springs Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital, Reidsville. Born March 18, 1921, in Caswell County, he was the son of Nichalas Allen Dixon and Elizabeth Limbaugh Dixon. He was married to Reba Moss Dixon, who survives, May 18, 1948. He was a loom fixer at Dan River Inc., for over 50 years. He was a resident at High Grove Rest Home, Reidsville, at the time of his death. He was a member of Moons Creek Primitive Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, survivors include two grandchildren. She was predeceased by one son, Dale Bernard Dixon; one half sister, Minnie Lee Jefferson, and one sister, Ida Forbes. A funeral will be 4 p.m. Friday at Barker Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Moon's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Barker Funeral Home.
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In 1958, served as president of the Caswell County chapter of the pro-segregation White Patriots of North Carolina.
The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina), 20 June 1958, Friday, Page 25.
See also: White Patriots of North Carolina
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Caswell County, North Carolina, Segregationist White Patriots Elect Officers 1958
Bernard Harding Dixon (1921-2000): Providence
Clyde Ray Jones (7 May 1977): Milton
Sam Winstead: Leasburg [possibly Samuel Harvey Winstead (1925-2021)]
Donald Poteat: Yanceyville [possibly Donald Hayden Poteat (1930-1978)]
Edward Vernon: Southern Caswell County [possibly Edward Rose Vernon (1895-1977)]
Wilbur Chandler: Anderson [possibly Wilbur Gwynn Chandler (1930-2006)]
John B. Sartin: Locust Hill [possibly John Bailey Sartin (1915-1971)]
Cary Gatewood: Pelham [possibly Cary Iverson Gatewood (1915-2006)]
Robert Coleman: Leasburg [possibly Robert Lee Coleman (1916-1973)]
John P. Slaughter: Dan River Township [possibly John Proctor Slaughter (1909-1999)]
The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina), 20 June 1958, Friday, Page 25.
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With the help of members from 59 of the state's 100 counties, the White Patriots sent recruitment letters, advertised on the radio and television, and held public meetings to spread their white supremacist message. Members urged white North Carolinians not to let "the negro destroy the white race"; racial mixing, they claimed, would destroy the white race and produce a "mongrel population." Capitalizing on Cold War fears, the Patriots also charged that proponents of desegregation were communists.
White Patriots of North Carolina, by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae in Encyclopedia of North Carolina edited by William S. Powell. Copyright 2006 by the University of North Carolina Press.
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In 1963, served as Chairman Caswell County Chapter North Carolina States Rights Defenders (a white supremacist group).
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Find A Grave Index
Name: Bernard Harding Dixon
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1921
Birth Place: Caswell County, North Carolina, United States of America
Death Date: 22 Feb 2000
Death Place: Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States of America
Cemetery: Moons Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Providence, Caswell County, North Carolina, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Nicholas Allen Dixon
Mother: Millie Elizabeth Dixon
Spouse: Reba Dixon
Children: Dale Bernard Dixon
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