Mollie Dawes Dixon Kluge

Mollie Dawes Dixon Kluge, age 85 of Elm City, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2025.

“To know her was to love her loving spirit”, with her laughter and sense of humor.

Mrs. Kluge was a long time, and faithful member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church. She retired from Rock Ridge Elementary School as a Teacher’s Assistant in the second grade, after twenty-five years, where she always said she “had the time of her life with her kids”.

One of her favorite things was the beach, and combing the sand for shells to collect.

She was a devoted wife, mother, and nana, and took great pride in helping with the raising of her two grandsons.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, August 27th, from 6-8pm at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Pkwy, Wilson. Funeral services will be at 11am on Thursday, August 28th, at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, 5326 London Church Rd, Elm City, with Rev. Bill Haddock officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park.

Mrs. Kluge is survived by her husband, and love of her life of almost sixty-eight years, Lawrence “Larry” Kluge, Sr.; daughter, Teresa Dawes Payne (Jackson); sons, Lawrence Frank Kluge, Jr. (Sue), and John Dawes Kluge (Wendy); grandchildren, Samantha Kluge, Gina Kluge, Catherine Kluge, Jonathan Kluge (Kelsey), and Jackson “Jack” Dawes Payne; sisters, Sarah Rose Dixon, and Nellie Jane Vick; brothers, Dick Singleton (June), and Ernie Singleton; brother-in-law, Ralph H. Kluge, Jr. (Myrl), and several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John L. Dixon, Sr. and Nellie Dawes Dixon; step-mother, Adna P. Dixon; brothers, James Dawes Dixon, Sr., John “Buck” L. Dixon, Jr.; sister-in-law, Lillian K. Salvo (Karl Eugene), and Mary Claire Parnell (Richard).

In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to Mt. Zion Methodist Church, 5326 London Church Rd, Elm City, NC 27822.

Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.