James R. Hixon of Port Deposit died at home November 23, 2014. He was 81. Mr. Hixon was born in Lansing, Ill. on August 28, 1933, son of Herbert and Thelma Porter Hixon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving 28 years of active duty and Air National Guard. He was a member of the VFW Post 8185 of Port Deposit, the American Legion Post 194 of Rising Sun, the Historical Society of Cecil County, and the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Hixon received a bachelor’s degree in Law Enforcement and Administration from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and a master’s degree in Public Administration-Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He was responsible for developing and implementing a new curriculum program in Criminal Justice at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College in Orangeburg, S.C..
He served as the State Criminal Justice Coordinator for the South Carolina State Board Comprehensive and Technical Education, working with the Office of Criminal Justice Programs, a division of the Office of the Governor of S.C., before moving to Maryland to teach at Harford Community College. He taught on campus for several years and in the HCC European Program on military bases in Germany for a year and a half. Mr. Hixon retired from Federal Service with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Va. He was also the first resident manager of Harford Senior Housing, which opened in Bel Air in 1982. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lily Blackwell Hixon; daughters Leigh Ellen Fielder of Havre de Grace and Wendy Ann Snee of White Hall; granddaughters, Ashley Fielder and Megan Fielder; grandsons, Sean Snee, Jr., Brian Snee, Eric Snee and Kevin Snee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers Herbert Porter Hixon and Keith Sharpe Hixon. At the request of the family, services are private. Memorial contributions may be made to Amedisys Hospice, 7106 Ridge Road, Suite 100, Rosedale, MD 21237 or The Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. Comments are closed.
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