Obit – Mrs. Wanda Dixon Donoho
Mrs. Wanda Dixon Donoho age 80 of the Sycamore Valley Community in Macon County departed this life at 12:49 p.m. Wednesday afternoon January 8, 2025 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville.
Funeral services from the Anderson and Son Funeral Home in Lafayette were conducted Monday afternoon January 13th at 1 p.m. Eld. Glenn Brawner and Eld. Walter Andrews officiated and burial followed in the Jenkins Cemetery in the Milltown Community of Macon County.
Born Wanda Faye Dixon on December 1, 1944 in Jackson County, she was one of three children and the only daughter of the late Will T. Dixon who died October 3, 2005 at the age of 80 and Gracie Lee West Dixon who died October 8, 2004 also at the age of 80.
Her two brothers preceding her in death were, Will John Dixon who died in a tractor accident on his Difficult Community farm at the age of 54 on November 8, 2003, Jerry Nelson Dixon and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Cap Wesley Donoho who died at the age of 88 on January 8, 2000 and Ula Bell West Donoho who died at the age of 56 on May 1, 1961.
Having had the opportunity to spend 62 wonderful years of marriage together, on March 3, 1962, she was united in marriage to the love of her life, Macon County native Gerald Donoho.
Mrs. Donoho was saved at the age of 14 at a tent revival in Carthage and remained a faithful and dedicated member of the Sycamore Valley Missionary Baptist Church until death.
She was employed for several years in garment factories and was a wonderful, cook and homemaker for her family.
Later in the years after the birth of her own granddaughters, she began keeping other children from the community. She made a huge impact on the lives of many children, providing for them a safe place and warm home cooked meals while their parents worked.
To this day, these grown adults call her “Grannie Wanda”.
Wanda loved fishing, camping, sightseeing, flea markets, and anything that her family was doing.
The greatest joy in her life was her beautiful granddaughters and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Donoho was feisty, fun, and a joy to be in the presence of. She was a true lady that loved to laugh and have fun and wanted everyone around her to do the same.
She loved the Lord and wanted everyone to know him and be saved as she was.
Her favorite Bible verse was John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Mrs. Donoho’s last wishes the day before she left for her earthly home was for her grandsons-in-law and great-grandchildren to be saved (if they haven’t already) and meet her in heaven one day after a while.
Surviving in addition to her husband Gerald of almost sixty-three years, is their only child, Charlotte Donoho Day and husband Tony all of the Sycamore Valley Community, granddaughters, Heather Day Barber and husband Kyle of Mount Juliet, Kara Day Davis and husband, Carthage Chief of Police, Britt Davis of Alexandria, great-grandchildren, Arabella and Parker Davis, Olivia and Branson Barber.
The Donoho family requests memorials to the Jenkins Cemetery.
ANDERSON & SON of LAFAYETTE
