Gloria June Carr Nix, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away at the age of 84 on Friday, June 2, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 9th at First Baptist Church in Lawrence. A graveside memorial will be held the next day, June 10th, at 1:30 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan KS, following a noon reception in her honor at First Baptist Church in Sedan.
Gloria was born June 14th, 1938, at the family farm in Cobb Creek, OK. She attended high school in Hinton, OK, where she was valedictorian and met her future husband, Dois Dean Nix. They were married on August 12, 1956. Gloria helped send Dois to Oklahoma Baptist University where he decided to become a pastor, and for the next 46 years they ministered to five churches, and served their communities in both the Southern Baptist Convention, and the American Baptist Churches USA until his passing in 2005. Since then, Gloria has continued to serve her churches and communities. She will be laid to rest next to Dois in Sedan, where they ministered for 30 of their years together.
The youngest of five children, Gloria is survived by her sister, Jean Carr, 94, of Edmond, Oklahoma. Gloria is also survived by her daughter Erin Nix of Lawrence, and her son Shannon Nix & his wife Shawn of Virginia. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Megan Bever & her spouse William Delehanty, Evan Bever & his spouse Breanna, Haley Proctor & her spouse Scott, Kathryn Presley & her fiancée Katherine Hamilton, and Kelsey Nix & her partner Matthew Safford; and by her great grandchildren Michael, Henry & Margaret Proctor, Isaiah Bever, and Austin & Benjamin Delehanty; and by her son-in-law David Bever & his spouse Linda Bever, and her son-in-law, James Presley.
She is preceded in death by her daughter, Kelly Bever; her siblings Betty Terry, Bobbie Smith, & Ross Carr; and by her parents, Walter & Ethel Carr.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS. 66044.
