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‘He could finally rest easy’: Dixon family discusses life of slain deputy and the two years without him
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Father Fred Dixon, brother Zack Dixon and mother Jada Dixon put their tattoos together honoring Blane Dixon, who was killed in July 2019 while working as a Hall County Sheriff's Office deputy. - photo by Nick Watson
Fred Dixon takes a detour through Rabbittown on his way to work to sit on a bench at Memorial Park Funeral Home and talk with his son, Blane Dixon. It’s a morning ritual he has rarely missed in almost two years since his son’s death that night on Highland Avenue working as a Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputy.