Obituaries: Dr. E. S. Mixon, 1909, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 5, 1909 (probably Southern Sentinel)

Necrological

Dr. E. S. Mixon

Died in Winnfield, La., at 2:45 p.m. Friday, February 26, 1909, Dr. E. S.
Mixon, aged 29 years, 11 months, and 12 days, after eight days illness with
pneumonia.

The death of this highly esteemed and prominent young citizen came as a shock
to this community and has created profound sorrow.  But a few days ago in
seeming robust health, he was stricken with pneumonia, and in eight days
succumbed to the destroyer.  In the prime of his dawning manhood, his future
seemed bright with promise and a career of usefulness.  Endowed with all those
qualities that mark a young man of sterling worth and virtues, he has been
summoned to a higher sphere for which he was fitted by his Christian virtues.

The deceased was a dentist by profession, having graduated at a Nashville,
Tenn. dental college.  He has been following his work here for the past five
years, when the Death Angel checked his career of usefulness.  He stood high
in the estimation of his fellow citizens, who esteemed him for his manly worth
and both usefulness and example.  As a Christian he was the highest style of
gentleman, the model son, brother, and citizen.

The services conducted at the cemetery were sadly solemn and touchingly
tender.  Rev. J. R. Edwards, Baptist minister, performed the religious
ceremonies, paying tribute to the sterling character of the deceased, while a
dense throng of citizens, of all ages, gathered around his last resting place,
attested the high esteem in which he was held in this community.  The Masons,
of which he was an honored member of Eastern Star Lodge, concluded the
ceremonies with the ritual for the dead, in that sweetly tender tribute to an
honored member of the order, amid sobs and streaming eyes which solemnly
proclaimed:

"But on for the touch of a vanquish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is
still!"

The father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mixon, an only sister, Miss Annie
Lee Mixon, and his brothers, Superintendent J. J. Mixon, Rev. Thomas E. Mixon
and Lambert Mixon, and a large coterie of relatives mourn his demise to whom
is extended the tenderest sympathy in their sudden bereavement and deep
sorrow.


RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Hall of Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M.
Winnfield, La.
March 1, 1909

Whereas, it has pleased the Grand Master of the Universe to call from this
field of usefulness on earth to the celestial Grand Lodge above, our beloved
young brother, Dr. E. S. Mixon:

Therefore, be it resolved by the Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M., that
in the death of our much beloved brother, Dr. Mixon, the lodge has lost one of
its brightest jewels; one of its wisest, truest, best; one possessed of every
trait of character which makes men noble and good.

Dr. Mixon was a devoted Christian from the early age of fifteen years and by
his steady adherence to the principles of honesty and Christian integrity he
secured and firmly held a prominent place in the society in which he mingled
and which he adorned.  In the practice of his chosen profession, dentistry,
he was at all times trusted and admired.

All these noble traits of his peerless character shone with such brilliancy
that it could be truly said of him "none know him but to love him."

Be it further resolved, that while we bow in humble submission to the will of
our merciful Heavenly Father our hearts are made sad by our loss, but let us
rest in the hope that our loss is Brother Mixon's gain, and that each of us
will try to emulate his beautiful example.