Dixie Whiteside , 88, of Center, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025, in Center.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center.  Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Watson & Sons Chapel with Sister Melba Rodgers officiating.  Interment will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center.

Born September 11, 1936, in Center, Dixie is the daughter of George Mitchell and Lela Hughes Mitchell.  She loved gardening and checking on her cows.

She is survived by her children, Dannie Helton and Darrell Whiteside and wife Michelle; daughter-in-law, Sheila Whiteside; grandchildren, Dan Helton and wife Stephanie, Charla and husband John Young, Darren Whiteside and wife Tina, Chad Nichols and wife Georgia, Connor Whiteside and wife Jaiden, Lindsey Eddins, Megan and husband Ridge Delahoussaye, Chavaletta Johnson and husband Brad, Waylon Whiteside, Jennifer Whiteside, Tiffany Whiteside, David Whiteside II, and Colt Whiteside; 31 great grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren; sister, Georgia Bloodgood; and family friends, Aaron Stockton and wife Misty and Connie Hodges.

Preceded in death by husband, Wayland Bacle Whiteside; children, Donese Whiteside and David Whiteside; and parents, George Mitchell and Lela Hughes Mitchell.

Pallbearers will be Jessie Rose, Shawn Whiteside, Darren Whiteside, Cecil Jackson, Aaron Stockton, and Zack Mahan.  Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Whiteside, Kenneth Noble, Shane Whiteside, and Chad Nichols.