Melodye Ann Anderson Dixon was born to the late Reverends James Hardy and Mardria Maurie Anderson on December 9, 1948, in Livingston, Texas. She attended Southwestern Bible College where she met her husband, Reverend Paul Dixon. They married on September 20, 1969, and spent the next 52 years in service in the military and on the mission field in Germany and India. They currently serve as the Seniors and Care Pastors at Northside Assembly in Jackson, Tennessee.

Melodye was blessed with a large and loving family.  She raised her three children to love and serve the Lord and instilled in them her fierce love and desire to follow the Lord faithfully in all she did.  Melodye was known as "Mimi" to her two beautiful grandchildren and passed on her legacy of love for Jesus and music to both of them.

Melodye was an accomplished musician and a true worshipper. She loved all types of music and it was a part of her everyday life.  She was also an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God.

Melodye was preceded in death by her parents and her son, Timothy Paul Dixon. She is survived by her husband, Paul;  daughters Tammie (Edgar) Trinidad of Jackson, TN and Faith Dixon of Jackson, TN, grandchildren Kiara Trinidad and Caleb (Cayli) Trinidad; siblings Rebecca Anderson Jafrani, Joy Anderson West, and Jim (Tami) Anderson, Jr.; and many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.