Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MIZE, MINNIE ELIZABETH RATLIFF January 20, 2017
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MINNIE ELIZABETH RATLIFF MIZE

Mrs. Mize was born in Lakeland, Florida, on April 21, 1920, to John Alexander 
Ratliff and Martha Elizabeth Weeks Ratliff and passed away on January 20, 2017, 
in Baton Rouge, LA. Mrs. Mize was an eighth generation direct descendent of 
Benjamin Weeks who arrived in Massachusetts in the 1600's and whose descendents
were
were pioneer families in North Carolina in the 1700's and pioneer families in Flor
Florida in the 1800's. She was educated in the local school system, graduating from
from Lakeland High School in 1937. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Heal
Health and Physical Education from Florida State University in 1941. After teac
teaching for a year at Cherokee Junior High School in Orlando, Florida, Mrs. Mize
Mize joined the faculty in the College of Education at Louisiana Tech Univ
University in Ruston, Louisiana in September of 1942. She was awarded a Master of S
of Science degree from New York University in 1947.

In 1948, she married James Wilson Mize, a coach at Louisiana Tech University. Af
After rearing her family, she returned to teaching dance at Tech from 1968 to 19
1979. Always active in the community, she taught a ballroom dance class for the Gi
Girl Scouts for thirteen years, served for many years as the director of the Pe
Peach Festival pageant, and was dance director for the March of Dimes Ball. She wa
was a member of the Culture Guild, Tuesday bridge club, Daughters of the Am
American Revolution, and the Ruston Film Commission and was a volunteer at Pi
Piney Hills Art Gallery, the Dixie Theatre, and the Lincoln Parish Museum. With he
her husband, she attended and supported Louisiana Tech athletic and other ca
campus events. Coach and Mrs. Mize were longtime members of Trinity United Me
Methodist Church.

Mrs. Mize is predeceased by her husband of 68 years, James Wilson Mize, and a 
grandson, Wade Ratliff McKann. She is survived by a daughter, Sallie Delle Mize
McKann
McKann and her husband, Michael, of Baton Rouge, LA; a son, James Alexander 
Mize and his wife, Tara, of Houston, TX; three grandchildren: James Matthew McKann
McKann and Katie Leigh and Alexandra Crooker Mize; and Wade's children, Madison an
and Michael.

Visitation will be held in the Chapel foyer of Trinity United Methodist Church 
in Ruston, LA on Saturday, January 28, 2017, from 12:30 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. 
with services at 2:00 p.m. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Aillet, Pat Ga
Garrett, Allen Herbert, Barry Johnson, W. A. Jones, Ted McKinney, and Leo Sa
Sanford. A private graveside service will follow for the family.

Memorials may be made to The Jim Mize Scholarship Fund, Louisiana Tech 
Foundation, P.O. Box 3183, Ruston, LA 71272; The American Cancer Society , 920
Pierremont
Pierremont Rd., Suite 300, Shreveport., LA 71201 (www.cancer.org or phone 
number 318-398-7248); or to a charity of your choice .

Online condolences may be made to the family @ www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.

Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston, LA 

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