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Show David H. Cannon, Dixie Pioneer, 83 Years Old Friday, Oct. 15, marked the 83rd birthday anniversary for David H. Cannon, one of the few living pioneers of ISo'l to the Dixie cotton cot-ton mission. Eldest son of the late David H. Cannon Sr.. he remembers re-members clearly many of the events of early Dixie. Mr. Cannon spent the day quietly at home visiting with his children and receiving felicitations from relatives and friends who remembered the event. During the late afternoon he visited at the home of Mrs. Milton Burgess, with Mrs. Rhoda Knell Cannon, plural wife of his father, - and later drove to Hurricane with ramiiy memners to visit Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Webb. Although he is unable to get about and work as he once did, Mr. Cannon is far from helpless, and enjoys visiting with friends and relatives, keeps up with what is going on with the radio and newspapers, and is interesting to converse with on past or current events. |