Dixie Lee Mayberry

Dixie Lee Moss Climp Mayberry was born on a farm 6 miles west of Princeton, Mo. One mile from Goshen. Dixie’s mother’s name was Gracie Jane.  One of Gracie’s favorite songs was the Missouri Waltz, which includes the name Dixie, and therefore that’s how Dixie Lee got her name. The Moss family were some of the original settlers in Missouri from the Civil War.   Dixie  spent her childhood on the farm that her father Charles Joseph Moss owned.  Dixie was the youngest of four.  She had two older brothers Wayne and Winton, and an older sister named Lucy.  Dixie and her siblings worked very hard on the farm and there was little time for fun.   When she reached the age of 18,  she and her sister Lucy Pauline attended Marysville State Teachers College, she then proceeded  to teach in a one room school (The Upper Moss School) grades one through eight.  She also taught her nephew Bobby Moss in the same school house.

      The family moved to Denver for Charles Joseph’s health, during WWII  and owned a small grocery store called Moss Grocery, which was located on Evans and Bannock St.  Dixie met her first husband Charles Edward Climp, while working at the store. They fell in love  and married while he was still in the Navy. Dixie worked as a bailiff in the  Denver District Court System, and was named library woman of the year at Platte Park Library. When Charles Edward returned home from WWII and Korea, they decided to settle down and have a family.  Charles Grant was born in 1948, and Mark Alan arrived seven years later.

Dixie and Charles raised two fine sons, and they resided at 1457 S. Grant St.  in Denver. The family attended  South Presbyterian church.  The Climp’s had many fun loving times together.  Years later, Charles Edward and Dixie Lee grew apart. After some time, Dixie met  Clayton R. Mayberry, and they were married.   Dixie and Clay spent the next 20 years garage and estate saleing antiques.  They made a fine living at it.  They also attended South Broadway Christian Church for many years.  Dixie continued to worship, at South Broadway  after Clay’s passing and became very fond of Dr. Mark W. Pumphrey,  Pastor. Dixie always taught her sons to be honest and honorable, and that there was  only one way  to live,(Christ).   She was also very big on laxatives for any ailment, contusion  or broken bone. 

Dixie had 3 grandchildren Skylar Rose, Rayne Zachary and Charles Joseph, and was very proud of them. The boys received  the wrath of Dixie on occasion and she explained in detail how the hogs ate the cabbage, as she did with her sons. Skylar Rose was always was a joy in Dixie’s life. Dixie was full of wit, direction, humor, faith and love and let’s not forget her opinion (which was always correct.)

She is with her Lord and happy beyond our understanding, and in the hands and care of Our loving savior Jesus Christ.  Her spirit will live on through her family and she will be greatly missed, but never forgotten. 

Graveside services Fort Logan National Cemetery Friday, Octrober 7, 2011 at 9:00 am (Staging area A).  A celebration of Dixie's life will be held on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:30 am at South Broadway Christian Church.  Friends who wish may may memorial contributions to South Broadway Christian Church, 23 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado 80203.