Mixon Cemetery, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley


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Source:  Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. V, pp. 58-61.  Documented and 
compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Thelma G. Bateman in 1976.  Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Located in Tangipahoa Parish, north of the Highway about 5 miles East 
of Tangipahoa.  Copied Sept. 15, 1973 by Zuma F. Magee.

Willard P. Miller  "Goose " - Sept. 14, 1916   Nov. 20, 1962

Floyd W. Westmoreland "Bunk" - Sept. 23, 1928 - Feb. 29, 1964

"Double" Westmoreland
  Liddie R.                         Edgar W.
  1889 - 1968                       1885 - 1935

Ray Otis Westmoreland - Mar. 10, 1919 - Sept. 29, 1968.

"Double" Ard
  William Cleveland                 Marie Gill
  Dec. 5, 1897                      Apr. 20, 1909
  May 25, 1971

Yvonne Ard Fortenberry - Feb. 10, 1937 - Jan. 3, 1968.

Samuel Warren Mixon - Feb. 8, 1876 - Jan. 11, 1919.

"Double" Gill
  Clarinda R.                       Sidney R.
  Apr. 10, 1893                     May 31, 1890
                                    Apr. 5, 1966

Melva Gill - La. Seaman 10 U.S. Navy, W.W. II
Oct. 10, 1912 - Aug. 19, 1946

Sidney Mack Gill - Oct. 26, 1914 - Apr. 14, 1933

Clifford H. Cutrer - La Pvt. U.S. Army, W.W.I
Feb. 11, 1890 - May 30, 1966

Emma Ricks  Cutrer - Jan. 9, 1903 - July 3, 1958

Emma C. Ricks - Nov. 10, 1866 - June 10, 1942

Wilbur Ricks - May 31, 1863 - Dec. 1, 1905

Mary Ricks - 1891 - 1891

Florence Ricks Williams - July 24, 1887 - Nov. 29, 1970

Abe Ricks - Aug. 10, 1893 - Oct. 19, 1918

Iverson Monroe Gill - Mar. 17, 1881 - June 23, 1941
W.O.W. Marker

Clyde Gill - Jan. 28, 1909 - May 30, 1946

Guy Olive Gill - 1883 - 1938

2 iron markers - no names,

Harlon Wood - 1916 - 1919.
W.B. Wood - b. Jan. 22, 1908 - Nov. 30, 1908
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Wood

Infant of Shelby Gill - Oct. 18, 1943

Nettie Ricks Gill - Dec. 15, 1878 - Jan. 17, 1928

Cornelia Mixon, wife of S. I. Ricks  -June 17, 1858 - Feb. 4, 1918

Bobbie Lee Gill - La Sgt. U.S. Army, W.W. II
April 13, 1910 - Jan. 21, 1970.

"Double" Wall
  Lizzie Gill                       Arch Pem
  May 19, 1884                      June 29, 1875
  Mar. 22, 1949                     May 15, 1946

Albert W. Wall - Apr. 22, 1916 - Nov. 17, 1918

Funeral Home Marker - illegible

May Ricks Hartley - June 16, 1879 - July 23, 1963

"Double" Ricks
  I.W. Ricks                        Fannie E. Mixon Ricks
  Mar. 4, 1883                      Mar. 24, 1842
  Apr. 21, 1894                     Mar. 29, 1926

Andrew F. Schilling - June 22, 1870 - Oct. 23, 1916

Annie Mixon, wife of J.L. Parker - Aug. 23, 1874 - Feb. 8, 1907

James Lee Parker - July 14, 1873 - Apr. 17, 1952

Albert Willis Parker - Oct. 13, 1898 - Oct. 17, 1958.

Carl Mixon, son of Simeon Mixon and Nancy Varnado
Apr. 24, 1892 - July 12, 1946

Nancy Varnado, wife of Simeon Mixon - Dec. 18, 1846 - Mar. 10, 1916

Simeon Mixon - Jan. 15, 1840 - May 23, 1916 - Masonic

"Double"  Varnado
  Florence Gill                     Luther D.
  July 17, 1887                     June 23, 1886
  Feb. 27, 1975                     Oct. 16, 1906
  (Death date after
  cemetery copied)

This part of Mixon Cemetery copied Aug. 22, 1974:

Milford G. Ricks, Jr., - July 27, 1953 - Aug. 14, 1955.

"Double"  Schiller
  Lewis L.                          Elva Ricks
  Apr. 23, 1882                     Sept. 23, 1873
  Feb. 11, 1963                     Feb. 15, 1963

"Bill"  Willie D. McDaniel - Oct. 22, 1954 - Nov. 13, 1972

Robert W. Thompson - Mar. 21, 1940 - Jan. 13, 1972

Houston Gill - World War Veteran - 1892 - 1935

Winnfield Ricks,  wife of F.M. Gill

Four small graves - concrete blocks - Gill, Gill, Gill, Gill - no dates

"Double"  Spears
  Homer G.                          Levade R.
  Feb. 10, 1913                     July 11, 1909
  Feb. 22, 1968

Ken Nelson Spears - Jan. 18, 1946 - Oct. 13, 1954

O.D. Ricks - 1898 - 1957

"Double"  Ricks
  Frances E.                        John S.
  Aug. 8, 1869                      Dec. 8, 1867
  Jan. 6, 1960                      Apr. 25, 1942

Herbert L. Ricks - Feb. 4, 1896 - Dec. 19, 1919

Four adults - only brick at foot and head

"Double"  Varnado
  Frieler T.                        Sylvia C.
  Feb. 23, 1888                     May 28, 1898
  Mar. 26, 1966                     Apr. 13, 1973

Napoleon Ricks - Mar. 15, 1886 - May 17, 1966

Eula Gill Ricks -  Oct. 8, 1891 - Jan. 15, 1964

Luther T. Ricks - May 19, 1908 - Aug. 12, 1909

Homer Ricks - May 13, 1916 - May 26, 1916

Lim J. Ricks - May 11, 1920 - Apr. 10, 1921

Marvin Donald Hughes - Feb. 3, 1900 - Oct. 18, 1969

After the cemetery was copied:

Ulysses H. Burch - d. Feb. 19, 1974 - Hartman FHM - Tylertown, Miss.