Obituary of IDA WASSON MIXON, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  July 18, 1957

Headline:  Mrs. Ida Mixon, 80, Mother of Jena Man Dies at Dodson Home

Mrs. Ida Wasson Mixon, 80, mother of Joe Mixon of Jena and aunt of Mrs. Ida 
Finley and Mrs. Kate Meador of Olla, died at her home at Dodson early 
Wednesday.  She was descended from a pioneer family of Winn Parish and had 
been a lifelong resident of the Dodson area.

Mrs. Mixon's funeral services were scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Dodson 
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Edgar Cripps and the Rev. Ray Prager conducting 
the final rites.  Interment will follow in the Gansville Cemetery.

The youngest daughter of the late John Mills Wasson and Sara Holmes Wasson, 
who settled in Winn Parish after moving from Alabama, Mrs. Mixon is survived 
by six daughters, Mrs. C. A. Patrick of Oil City, Mrs. F. R. Curran of New 
Orleans, Mrs. W. S. Keckler of Lake Charles, Mrs. H. E. Crawford of Winnfield 
and Mrs. K. C. Simmons and Mrs. Bertha Stovall, both of Dodson; three sons, 
Joe of Jena, Jack of Lillie, and Capt. Dan Mixon of the U. S. Air Force, 
stationed at Anchorage, Alaska; 18 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; 
one sister, Mrs. Oren Sholars of Dubach, and one brother, Bill Wasson of San 
Bernadino, Calif., and a number of nieces and nephews.