Jerry Don Nixon, 81, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock, Arkansas. A well-known Title Insurance Executive, he was President of Arkansas Title Insurance Company, the only domestic Title Company in the state of Arkansas, and founded by Mr. Nixon in 1984. He was also past president of Arkansas Land Title Association.

In 1965 he formed Pine Bluff Abstract Company of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At a later date, he purchased The Reliable Abstract Company, and Jefferson Abstract Company and combined them into the Pine Bluff Abstract Company. He also purchased McDonald Abstract Company of Sheridan and Mosley Abstract Company of Rison.

Mr. Nixon was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on September 28, 1935. He is the son of the late Rev. Rolla Clyde Nixon and Mildred Axie Baker Nixon. He is also predeceased by two daughters, Debra June Nixon and Darla Nixon Harper. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Mary Melvina Frisby Nixon of Sheridan; one son, Jerry Don Nixon, Jr. of Sheridan; two grandsons, Jerry Don (Jay) Nixon, III of Warren, and Clayton Wesley Nixon of Sheridan; one granddaughter, Leslie Bourne and her husband Jackie of East End; one great grandson, Jackson Bourne and two great granddaughters, Ryan Bourne and Blakely Bourne, all of East End, Arkansas; two sisters, Axie Withers and her husband Billy of Fountain Hill; Joy Ann Martin and her husband Freddie of Hamburg, Arkansas, and many cousins, nephews, and nieces. He loved to travel, and he and his wife, Mel, were in all 50 states and thirteen foreign countries.

Mr. Nixon was in the United States Marine Corps, and a Korean War Veteran.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Memorial Gardens Funeral Home Chapel in Sheridan. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation is Monday, 6:00-8:00 P.M., at the funeral home.