April "Pril" Dawn Dix Gauldin

August 25, 1971 - January 8, 2021

April “Pril” Dawn Dix Gauldin, 49, of Dry Fork, VA, died on Friday, January 8, 2021, at Duke University Medical Center, after a decline in health for the past year. Mrs. Gauldin was born in Danville, VA, on August 25, 1971, a daughter of the late Raymond Allen Dix and the late Ramona Rivers Tyree Dix. She lived all of her life in the Danville area where she worked for Dominion Eye Center. In her spare time, she loved gardening, cooking, and canning. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family and providing for them. She was of the Christian Faith. On November 17, 2007, she married Brian McCoy Gauldin, who survives of the residence. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her precious daughters, Megan Leigh Saunders and Lauren Blair Gauldin; mother and father-in-law, Kathy and Homer Gauldin; a sister, Wanda Dix Martin (Bennie); two special “sista’s,” Kelly Talbard and Jackie Phillips; two special aunts, Faye Tice and Joan Tice; “grandma” Edith Blair Gauldin; and a beloved dog, Gracie. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by maternal grandparents, Richard and Virgie Mayhew Tice; paternal grandparents, Ross and Ollie Dix; and a brother, Tony Allen Dix. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Swansonville Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Reverend Mike Hearp and the Reverend Bobby Brumfield officiating. Interment will follow the service in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations be to Swansonville Pentecostal Holiness Church Building Fund, 16300 Mt. Cross Rd., Dry Fork, VA, 24549 or to the Danville-Pittsylvania Cancer Association, 223 Riverview Dr Suite J, Danville, VA, 24541. Wrenn-Yeatts Westover Chapel is serving the Gauldin family.