Jace Paul Dixon, 17, of Ragley, passed away Sunday, Apr. 24, 2022 at his home. A memorial service was held Thursday, Apr. 28, at 5 p.m., with a time of visitation starting at 4 p.m., at Open Door Baptist Church in Ragley. Revs. Sonny Simpson and James Rivers officiated.
Jace is survived by his parents, David and Faith Dixon of Ragley; brother, Cade Dixon; maternal grandparents, James and Suzie Rivers; paternal grandparents, Joe and Merci Dixon; uncles and aunts, Paul Dixon, Karen Dixon, Bernard and Richelle LeJeune, Heather and Doyle Rivers, and Bryan and Angela Sims; and a host of family and friends.
“O Lord, You have searched Jace and known him, You know when he sits down and when he rises up; You understand his thoughts from afar.
You scrutinize Jace’s path and his lying down, and are intimately acquainted with all his ways.
Even before there is a word on Jace’s tongue, behold O Lord, You know it all.
You have enclosed Jace behind and before, and laid Your hand upon him.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for us; it is too high, we cannot attain to it.
Where can Jace go from Your Spirit? Or where can he flee from Your presence?
If Jace ascends to heaven, You are there; if he makes his bed in Sheol, behold You are there.
If Jace takes the wings of the dawn, if he dwells in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there Your hand will lead Jace. And Your right hand will lay hold of him. If Jace says, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night, “
Even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.
For You formed Jace’s inward parts; You wove him together in his mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for Jace is fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works and my soul knows it very well. Jace’s frame was not hidden from You when he was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen Jace’s unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for him, when as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your thoughts to Jace, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When Jace awakes, he is still with You.
Psalm 139:1-16
(Paid Memorial)
