News Star Monroe, LA August 4, 1998 Duncan Oklahoma Don Grantham Funeral Home George Jordan Nix, 80 of Duncan Oklahoma lost his two year battle with cancer on August 1, 1998 in Th. comfort of his home with family present. George was born June 30, 1918, in Electra, TX to George F. Nix and Clara I Huggins Nix. He graduated from Papma High School in Pampa TX and attended Denver University in Colorado. He worked the oilfields of TX and OK in the late thirties as a driller and as a toopusher on drilling rigs. On March 4, 1940, he went to work for Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co in Duncan OK. His Halliburton employee number was 505.. After a short training period in Duncan, Halliburton gave him his first assignment in Houma LA. He married Mary Worlin Champagne of Houma on January 1, 1941. They raised three sons in South Louisiana, enjoying life and many friends. He also enjoyed working for Halliburton, moving his family wherever he was needed. Some of his assignments in the colorful Tidelands of Southern Louisiana were cement equipment operator in Houma, cementer in Harvey, tool operator in Lake Charles, field man in Lafayette, and district superintendent in Morgan City. In 1964 he was assigned North Sea Manager for Halliburton in London, England. George, "Penny" and son Ralph, the youngest of the family, were residents of London for thirteen years. His last assignment was manager of tools and testing in Duncan OK, making the full circle and coming "home". On June 29, 1983, he retired from Halliburton services with 43 years of unselfish loyalty and a benevolent concern for the good of the people and/or the company. He was a WW II veteran, serving in the U S Army Air Corps. He was a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Ass, United States Golf Ass, and Elks Lodge. He is survived by his wife of 57 years; three sons, Douglas and Georgia Nix of Morgan City LA; Mark and Rosie Nix of Monroe LA; and Ralph Nix of Duncan OK; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren; two sisters, Lillian Cook of Anaheim CA and Joanna Henegar of Bloomington, Ind. Visitation will be from 7-9 PM Tuesday August 4, 1998 at Don Grantham Funeral Home in Duncan. The family will be having a private "Celebration of Life" after cremation. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Chisholm Trail Hospice, 1503-B Brookwood, Duncan OK 73533. "The bird of time has but a little way to fly and lo' the bird is on the wing." GJN