Obituaries: Ensign Charles Lynwood Mixon, 1942, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 28, 1942 Winnfield News-American

Former Winnfield Boy Is Reported Missing In Action

Ensign C. L. Mixon Graduated From Local High School

Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mixon, former Winnfield residents,
now residing in Pineville, that their son, Ensign Charles Lynwood Mixon, 24,
was missing in action.  The War Department's message to his parents, received
early Sunday morning read in part: "Ensign Lynwood Mixon has been reported
missing in the service to his country since Aug. 16.  We have made an
extensive search for the ship which failed to return to its base and are
continuing the search.  Any further information will be forwarded to you."

Ensign Mixon graduated from the Winnfield High School, later entering
Louisiana College, Pineville.  Prior to his enlistment he worked in the
Baptist Students' Center at Louisiana Tech, Ruston.  He was commissioned in
the naval air force at Corpus Christi, Tex., June 1, 1941, before his parents
moved from this city to Pineville.  

He received his "wings" May 27, of this year and was sent to For Worth, Texas,
for transport duty training.

The Navy Department wired "its deepest sympathy" to Ensign Mixon's parents.

The deceased has many relatives in Winn Parish.  Besides his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Mixon, he has one brother, Rev. Randle Mixon, pastor of the
Forest Ave. Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kan., and one sister, Miss Alice Nell
Mixon, who is in training to become a nurse at Shreveport, and the following
aunts: Mrs. Ella Mixon, Dodson, Route 2, Mrs. Preston, residing in
Massachusetts, Mrs. E. B. Barton, Sardis, Mrs. B. Hughes, Montgomery, Mrs. H.
C. Eagles and Mrs. Hasson Morris of this city.  His uncles are O. J. Mixon,
Winnfield, A. L. Mixon, Dodson, and Riley Shelton, Charleston, S. C.

Ensign Mixon is the second war casualty since Pearl Harbor with relatives here
and who formerly lived here.  In April, Mrs. Ora Teegarden of this city was
notified that her son, Kenneth C. Teegarden, age 32, was reported missing from
his ship's crew off the coast of India.  Teegarden was in the merchant marine
service at the time the report was received here.