Archie Wayman Nix, 90, born Oct. 8, 1922 in Cullman, a resident of Gulf Shores, passed away Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gulf Shores. He was a World War II Navy engineer chief petty officer veteran and a retired minister. He married Katheriene Butts in 1942, they reared four children in Mobile, where he graduated from Mobile College in 1969. In 1978 they were the proprietors of K & B Art Studio in Oneonta. When he retired they moved to Gulf Shores where he worked as a carpenter. He also was a huge Alabama fan.
He was preceded in death by his father, Alfred Daniel Nix; mother, Leatha Eugenia Nix; brother, Charles Alfred Nix, and wife of 67 years, Katheriene Nix. Survivors include one half-brother, Alfred Brady (Ethel) Nix; children, Mary Katheryn (Rudy) Gulsby of Atmore, Barbara Jo (Russell) Lancaster of Foley, Patricia (David) Dunn of Pelham and Michael Wayne Nix of Gulf Shores; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren,several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home, Foley. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 from the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Pine Rest Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.
