Obituaries: Ella Puckett Mixon, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 12, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Ella P. Mixon Dies At Dodson; Funeral Friday

Mrs. Ella Puckett Mixon, 71, native of the Gansville Community, died at the
home of her only daughter, Mrs. Morris Gates in Dodson at 3 a.m. Thursday,
December 13.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Dodson Baptist Church at 2 p.m.
Friday with the pastor, Rev. Edgar Cripps, officiating.  Burial will be in the
church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be K. C. Simmons, Charles Lee Bates, C. B. Payne, Cecil
Collins, Neal Taylor (Neil), and J. W. Tarry (J. Y. Terry).

Mrs. Mixon was the widow of the late John Mixon, and a member of a prominent
Winn Parish family.  She was affiliated with the Dodson Baptist Church and was
a member of the Eastern Star.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Morris Gates of Dodson; two grandchildren and
two great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Sledge, Ringgold, and Mrs.
A. T. Stinson, Ruston.