Clarke-Banks-Jackson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mize, Dr. Jessie Julia July 15, 2001
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Banks County News   July 19, 2001
BOGART, GA - Dr. Jessie Julia Mize, age 90, of Athens, died Sunday, July 15, 
2001.
She was born in Commerce on September 14, 1910, the only child of Charles and 
Leila Ritchie Mize.
Dr. Mize graduated from Commerce High School in 1926 and attended the GA State 
Teachers' College, Athens, for 2 years.  Following this, she studied at the 
University of Georgia, receiving the following degrees:  Bachelor of Science 
(Physics) 1930; Master of Science (Mathematics) 1931; and Bachelor of Science 
of Home Economics in 1932.  She held a graduate teaching assistantship in the 
Physics Department with UGA during 1930-1931.  Later graduate study was at 
Columbia University, New York, NY; Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa; and Cornell 
University, Ithaca, NY.  From the latter institution she received the degree 
of Doctor of Philosophy in June 1952.
Dr. Mize was a lifelong educator.  From 1932-1934, she taught in rural Berrien 
County, and from 1934, she served in various county and district positions 
with the Faarmers'Home Administration in Georgia.  She was executive 
secretary, GA Nutrition Committee, during part of World War II, under the War 
Food Administration.  From 1945 to 1949, she held various county and special 
assignments with the GA Agricultural Extension Service, Home Demonstration 
work.  From 1952 until her retirement from UGA in May of 1974, she was the 
Head of Housing and Home Management Department in the College of Home 
Economics.
Dr. Mize was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi and Pi 
Lambda Theta.  She was also a 50 plus year member of the National Society, 
Daughters of the American Revolution.  She served as Regent and Honorary 
Regent in the Elijah Clarke chapter and held many leadership positions on the 
state and national levels.
Dr. Mize served as president of the Daughters of Colonial Wars in Georgia.  
She was an active member of the GA and American Family and Consumer Services 
Association and the UGA Alumni Association, as well as the Alumni Associaation 
of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Dr. Mize was a genealogist who authored family histories, as well as "History 
of Banks County 1858-1976", "The History of the Home Economics Department at 
the University of Georgia" and "The History of the First Presbyterian Church 
of Athens, GA"
Dr. Mize held a lifelong membership at the Commerce Presbyterian Church of 
Athens since 1925.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, in the chapel of 
Bridges Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Lewis officiating.  Burial followed at 12:30 
pm at Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce.
Dr. Mize is survived by cousins and many friends. 

Additional Comments:
Dr. Jessie Mize and her mother, Leila Rictchie Mize co-authored "Threads of 
Ancestors", a history of the Telford, Ritchie, Mize & Wilson families and 
another history of the Mize family.

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