Obituaries:  Ida Wasson Mixon, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the July 18, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American


Final Rites For Mrs. A. L. Mixon Friday At Dodson

Final rites for Mrs. Ida Wasson Mixon, 79, who passed away at her home in
Dodson, Wednesday, July 17, 1957, following a lengthy illness, will be held
Friday at 10 a.m. at the Dodson Baptist Church.  The pastor, Rev. Edgar
Cripps, and a former pastor, Rev. Ray Prager, will officiate.  Burial will
follow in the family plot in Gansville cemetery.

Named as pallbearers are C. B. Payne, W. A. Gaharan, Neil Taylor, Morris
Gates, Paul Vayne Gaar, Cheston Stevens, C. L. Bates, and E. J. Buchanan.

The deceased was the youngest daughter of the late John Mills Wasson and Sarah
Holmes Wasson, pioneer residents of this area.  Mrs. Mixon was active in
community and church  affairs until ill health curtailed her activities. She
was a member of the Dodson Baptist Church and of the Order of the Eastern
Star.  Her husband, the late Alfred Lee Mixon, former mayor of Dodson,
preceded her in death eight years.

She is survived by nine children, Mrs. Bertha Stovall, Mrs. K. C. Simmons,
Dodson; Jack Mixon, Lillie, La.; Mrs. C. A. Patrick, Oil City, La.; Mrs.
Francis Curran, New Orleans; Joe J. Mixon, Jena; Mrs. H. E. Crawford,
Winnfield; Mrs. W. S. Keckler, Lake Charles; Captain Charles D. Mixon, U.
S.Air Force, Anchorage, Alaska; 18 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren.

Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. Oren Sholars of Dubach; and one
brother,Bill Wasson of San Bernadino, Calif.