Stephens County GaArchives Obituaries.....C L Mize January 1922
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The Toccoa (GA) Record, Toccoa, GA, January 19, 1922

Mr. C. L. Mize, Pioneer Citizen Dead
	Mr. C. L. Mize, one of Toccoa’s oldest citizens, died at his home on 
Falls street, early Monday morning, after an illness of about two weeks.
	Mr. Mize was nearing his 72nd mile-post in life, and was widely known 
throughout this and adjoining counties, having been born and reared within ten 
miles of Toccoa. His father was a soldier in the confederate army, and, when 
the war came to a close the conditions of the country caused the Mize family to 
face many obstacles in the aftermath. In face of all of these trying 
circumstances, Mr. Mize made his way up the ladder of life and by hard work and 
perseverance, accumulated considerable property, especially farming lands.
	During his residence in Franklin county, Mr. Mize was considered a 
leader among men, and was elected to the office of tax collector of that county 
several years. In 1905 when Stephens county was created, he was elected to fill 
the office of tax collector in the new county, which position he filled for a 
long time.
	The deceased was particularly prominent in the religious life of this 
section, having served as moderator of the Tugalo Baptist Association for ten 
years, was Superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday School for about ten 
years, was chairman of the board of deacons for the past twelve years, and was 
serving in this capacity when death overtook him.
	For seventeen years, Mr. Mize served as treasurer of Toccoa Lodge, F. & 
A. M. No. 309, and recently insisted that another member serve in the capacity 
to which he was again and again elected owing to his failing health. He was 
truly a Mason in every sense of the word.
	The decease leaves a wife and five children: Mrs. D. S. Wommack; Mrs. 
D. M. Snelson, of Toccoa; Mrs. Paul Turner, of Lula; Messrs. Henry and Carl 
Mize, of this city.
	The funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the First 
Baptist church, Rev. J. S. Hartsfield afficiating. Surely, no more beautiful 
tribute was never paid any man than was preached at this funeral by Mr. 
Hartsfield. The interment was made in the Toccoa cemetery, where Mr. Mize was 
buried with Masonic honors.


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