Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Dillon will be on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at Meadville Baptist Church in Meadville, MS at 11:00 AM, with burial to follow in the Midway Cemetery in Meadville, MS. Dr. Matt Buckles, Rev. Keith Smith and Rev. Jim Woodyear will be officiating the services, with Franklin Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Franklin Funeral Home on Monday, February 6, 2023 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and resume at Meadville Baptist Church on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 from 10:00 AM until time of service at 11:00 AM.

Mrs. Dillon, 93, of Meadville, MS, passed from this life on February 3, 2023 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. She was born on July 24, 1929 in Oldenburg, MS to Nathaniel Abb Guice and Ethel Adams Guice.

She was a dedicated member of Meadville Baptist Church, where she spent many years teaching Sunday School. She enjoyed reading, traveling, playing Bridge, square dancing, crocheting, and being with family. She taught English over 30 years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Preceding her in death were husband, Garveese Dillon; parents, Nathaniel Abb Guice and Ethel Adams Guice; and one great granddaughter, Elyse Woodyear.

Survivors are daughters, Jo Margaret Dillon Woodyear and husband Joe of Laurel, MS, Karen Dillon Buckles and husband Matt of Vicksburg, MS, and Arie Dillon Long and husband Ricky of Roxie, MS; grandchildren, Mandy Long Higgins and husband Eric, Jim Woodyear and wife Sarah, Kevin Long, Doug Buckles and wife Adrienne, Kendra Buckles Watson and husband Thomas, Justin T. Woodyear and wife Shelby and Janna Woodyear Tyler and husband Justin; 21 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter along with a host of family, friends and caregivers.

Pallbearers are Eric Higgins, Jim Woodyear, Kevin Long, Doug Buckles, Justin Woodyear, Thomas Watson, Justin Tyler and Jeff Mullins.

Honorary pallbearers are Fred Hollinger, John Robert Kimbrough and Bob Kimbrough.

The family request memorials be made in her name to Samaritan's Purse.