Dixie Lee King

It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Dixie (Jonson) King, age 70, on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at her home in Lee’s Summit, MO. Dixie Lee Jonson was born on March 13, 1947, in Cassville, MO, to Albert and Georgia (Beck) Jonson the only blue-eyed one in the bunch. Dixie had a deep love for her Grandpa and Grandma Beck, and they instilled in her a love of nature and family that resonated throughout her life. Eventually, the family moved Dixie and her brothers to Sedalia, MO, where she attended Broadway School and Smith Cotton High School; there she became active in cheerleading and played violin in the orchestra. The Jonsons relocated during Dixie’s senior year – this time to Cole Camp, MO. It was there, at a basketball game, she met her future husband, Larry Moellman. After their wedding on January 23, 1966 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, the couple lived in Germany for a short time while Larry served time in the US Army. Returning to the United States, Dixie and Larry entered the 70s - and parenthood. Their two children, Angel and Mike, became Dixie’s raison d'etre. Dixie went from mother to room-mother to restaurateur before the couple divorced in 1983. Moving back to Sedalia with kids in tow, Dixie was a determined, single mom who worked hard to make a happy life for her little family. She was remarried July 11, 1984 to Victor King at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, and Dixie was delighted for the addition of Vic’s children, Kari and Brad, to the family. Though the couple divorced in 1992, the niche truck insurance company they’d created gave Dixie a love of selling insurance. She became a celebrated sales associate at Met Life, receiving a trip to Lake Tahoe (to which she smuggled her children and transformed the event into a family vacation.) Wherever she went through the years, Dixie added to her list of lifelong friends and to a more diverse resume. She handled billing and sales calls at AT&T, and won a recognition trip to Florida (to which she smuggled her children…) Later, Dixie a successful realtor for ReMax, and most recently worked in the Fraud Department and was a Customer Resolution Supervisor at US Bank, and then retired in spring of 2017. The true light of her life came along in 2001 with the birth of her first grandson, Max. The two of them were thick as thieves, visiting every cave in Missouri, taking him to Florida to see the ocean, and Dixie could often be heard singing to Max, “I love you a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck…” He called her Googie, and she called him Scout. Dixie's was preceded in death by her parents Albert and Georgia (Beck), her sister Diane, brothers Donald, David, and Daniel, and honorary step-son Brad. Left to cherish her memory are her children: daughter Angela (Moellman) Gregory and son-in-law Marc of Lee’s Summit, MO, and Michael Moellman and daughter-in-law Wilma (Shown) of Cole Camp, MO, her beloved grandchildren Maximilian Gregory and Meredith and Bay Pruitt, honorary step-daughter Kari (King Harrison)Twillegar, many nieces and nephews, other extended family members, and many dear friends. Services will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cole Camp on Thursday, December 7th, starting with visitation at 10am, service officiated by Pastor Zeller at 11am, and a light lunch following. Arrangements under the care of Reflections Memorial Services LLC.

Dixie Lee King

March 13, 1947 - December 2, 2017