Mary Alice Dixon, 86, disappeared from New Ellenton, South Carolina, in March 2002 after walking away from her home on east Pine Street. She is described as a Black female, 5 feet 5 inches, about 105 pounds, with graying black hair (possibly in braids) and brown eyes. Family worried about increasing forgetfulness and had scheduled a specialist appointment; she reportedly left before that visit.

She was last seen in the afternoon walking westbound toward Barnwell near a Popeye’s on Main Street at the U.S. Highway 278 and South Carolina Highway 19 intersection. At the time she wore a blue or gray jacket, an orange shirt, gray sweatpants and carried a white bag; an empty box of laundry detergent at her home suggests she may have left to buy detergent. Temperatures were near freezing. Extensive searches including helicopters and K-9 teams found no trace.

Her family has not held a memorial and continues to distribute flyers and gather to remember her. Does anyone have information about Mary Dixon’s movements that afternoon or recalls seeing her near Main Street that day?