Herbert A. Nixon Jr.

Herbert A. Nixon Jr., who lived in East Hampton for about 35 years and worked for the town’s Highway Department for more than 18, died of heart failure on Dec. 7 at Southampton Hospital. He was 77 and had been ill for several years. 

“He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing, and trapping,” his daughter, Vivian Nixon of Nashua, N.H., wrote in providing information for his obituary. “He enjoyed spending quality time with his dogs, as well as other pets,” she said. 

Mr. Nixon was born on Jan. 15, 1939, in Columbia, N.C., to Herbert Nixon Sr. and the former Iva Deborah Owens. He grew up and graduated from high school there and then served in the Army. Before moving to East Hampton, he and his family lived for a time in East Elmhurst, Queens. 

Mr. Nixon’s longtime partner, Sheila Lynch of East Hampton, survives him, as do six children. In addition to Ms. Nixon, they are Herbert Nixon III of Manteo, N.C., Tanisha Barrett of the Bronx, Iva S. Nixon-Ryans of Queens, Keesha L. Nixon of Lithonia, Ga., and Derrick L. Short of East Hampton. Also surviving are six siblings, Ricky Nixon of Colonia, N.J., Robert L. Nixon of Spring Valley, N.Y., Milford Nixon of Denville, N.J., Patty Nixon of North Plainfield, N.J., Mary Elizabeth Nixon of Flushing, Queens, and Nancy Alexander of Columbia, N.C. Twenty-six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews also survive. A brother, Billy Nixon, died before him. 

Visiting hours were on Tuesday evening at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral service will take place on Saturday at Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Columbia, of which Mr. Nixon was a member. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.