Sons of Francis Marion Mixson #34

256 THEOPHILUS WALTER MIXSON, FRANCIS MARION MIXSON (34), WILLIAM MIXSON (22), ELIJAH MIXON, JR. (20), ELIJAH MIXON (9), GEORGE (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Theophilus Walter Mixson, son of Francis Marion and Margaret Law Mixson, was b. Apr 11, 1874 in Coffee County, AL, d. at his home in Graceville, FL, Jul 2, 1958. On Dec 25, 1902, bur Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Graceville, FL, he m. Minnie Ola Brown - b. Nov 19, 1881, d. Aug 31, 1962, bur Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Graceville, FL ,dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Brown of Dale County, AL

Census:

1910 Victoria, Coffee, AL, age 36, wife Minnie-28, children: French-6, Ray-4, Grace-2

1920 Elba, Coffee, AL, age 45, wife Minnie-37, children: Grace-12, Max-9, Merl-9

1930 Centerville, Coffee, AL, age 54, wife Minnie-48, children: Grace-21, Merle-19, Max Ab-19

1940 Jackson, FL, age 66, wife Minnie-58, children: Fench-36, granddau. Jaynace-8

All the following children were born in Coffee County, AL

264 French Marion Mixson - b. Mar 1, 1904, d. 1962, at his home in Graceville, FL, bur Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Graceville, FL. On Dec 20, 1940, he m. Mary Clyde Grace - b. Dec 29, 1914, d. Oct 7, 1996, bur Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Graceville, FL dau. of Judge and Mrs. Grace in Graceville, FL Children:

265 Mary Grace Mixson - b. Nov 22, 1947

266 Virgil Ray Mixson - b. Mar 28, 1906, Coffee County, AL, d. Jul 2, 1971 at Graceville, FL, bur Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Graceville, FL , m. Mildred Edith Weed - b. Apr 24, 1912, d. 1990, bur Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Graceville, FL , 1928.
Children:

267 Byron Weed Mixson - b. Oct 10, 1938, , m. Louise Turner Douglass - b. Mar 19, 1943.
Children:

6226 Catherine Joan Mixson - b. Jul 2, 1962

6227 David Wiley Mixson - b. Sep 5, 1969

6228 Phoebe Ray Mixson - b. Jan 3, 1973

268 Michael Kent Mixson - b. Dec 15, 1939, m. Patsy Ruth Eads - b. Oct 2, 1942.
Children:

6229 Rivers Wayne Mixson - b. May 17, 1973

269 Barbara Ann Mixson - b. Sep 7, 1941, m. Apr 28, 1963 to Jim R. Busby, b. Oct 29, 1938. (She was a "Beauty Queen" while a student at Troy State University).
Children:

6230 Laura Leigh Busby - b. Feb 4, 1964

270 John Virgil Mixson - b. Nov 20, 1947, m. Barbara Ann Burney - b. Feb 20, 1949.
Children:

6231 Jan Randall Mixson - b. Nov 5, 1970

6232 Shelly Lynn Mixson - b. Sep 29, 1973

271 Mildren Victoria Mixson - b. Feb 15. 1949, d. Aug 15, 1952.

272 Clara Grace Mixson - b. Sep 19, 1907, m. Dan Mateo

273 Max Mixson - b. Oct 15, 1910 (Twin), d. Aug 3, 1974, bur. Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL, m. Beatrice Turknett, Jan 3, 1952. No children.

274 Merle Mixson - b. Oct 15, 1910 (Twin to Max), m. (1) Strickland Snellgrove, June, 1920.
Children:

6233 James Snellgrove - b. Jul 19, 1931

Married (2) William H. Bowers, 1944.
Children:

6234 Evelyn Jane Bowers - b. Feb 12, 1947

6235 Jerome Raymond Bowers - b. Apr 5, 1948

 

262 CECIL MARION MIXSON, FRANCIS MARION MIXSON (34), WILLIAM MIXSON (22), ELIJAH MIXON, JR. (20), ELIJAH MIXON (9), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Cecil Marion Mixson, son of Francis Marion and Margaret Law Mixson, was b. in Coffee County, AL, Dec 13, 1895 in Coffee County, AL, d. Jun 26, 1961 near Campbellton, FL. On Jan 1, 1919, he m. Minnieola Moseley, b. Feb 19, 1900, d. Dec 17, 1962.   Both bur. Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, Coffee County , AL.

Census:

1920 Victoria, Coffee, AL, age 21, wife Mineols-19, brother-in-law Goppa Moseley-17

1930 Victoria, Coffee, AL, age 31, wife Mineola-30, children: Wayne-7, Miriam-3, Marguarette-1

Children:

*275 John Wayne Mixson - b. Jun 16, 1922, Coffee County, AL, m. Margalena Grace - b. Jul 12, 1926, on Dec 27, 1947.

§276 Miriam Mixson - b. Jan 29, 1927

§277 Margaret Mixson - b. Feb 21, 1929, m. Cecil Coston, Dec 26, 1956.
Children:

6238 Margaret Rence Coston - b. Oct 25, 1957

275 JOHN WAYNE MIXSON , CECIL MARION MIXSON (262), FRANCIS MARION MIXSON (34), WILLIAM MIXSON (22), ELIJAH MIXON, JR. (20), ELIJAH MIXON (9), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

John Wayne Mixson, s. of Cecil Marion Mixson and his wife, Minnieola Moseley Mixson, was b. Jun 16, 1922 at New Brockton, AL, d. July 8, 2020 in Tallahassee, FL. John moved to Florida, 1941, educated at Columbia U. , U. of Pa. , and U. of FL where he received B. S. in Bus. Adm. , 1947, with honors, Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Psi, m. Dec 27, 1947, Margalena Grace,  b. Jul 12, 1926 at Graceville, FL, d. Dec 27, 2023. No children. He is a member of the American Legion, Florida Farm Bureau, Rotary, Florida Cattlemen's Association. Elected to FL State Legislature for his district, 1967, subsequently re-elected. He is Methodist and Church Lay Leader. U. S. Navy, World War, II. His recreation is hunting and fishing. Owns 2000 acre ranch near Campbellton, is a cattle farmer. His home is at Marianna, but sponsors a Mixson-Mixon reunion at his ranch about two miles south of Campbellton each year, usually on 3rd Sunday, October, (sometimes 4th Sunday).

 

Some of John Wayne Mixson's highlights are: Jaycee Good Government Award, 1967. Legislative Service Award from Florida Farm Bureau Federation, 1972. Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture at University of Florida, Award of Merit for Distinguished Service to Agriculture, 1974. Florida Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award, 1974. Florida Association of Community College Legislative Service Award, 1974. Florida Thoroughbred Horse Breeders Association Award for Service to the Industry and to Agriculture, 1974. Nominated in 1974 for the St. Petersburg Times Award, ”Most Valuable Member of the House. ”

 

JOHN WAYNE MIXSON represents District Seven in Florida which is made up of Jackson, Holmes, Washington and Walton Counties, and is Chairman of the House Agriculture & Citrus Committee and serves on the appropriations, Rules & Calendar, and the Community Affairs Committee.

 

 

"GIVES AWAY HIS RAISE"

"Tallahassee, FL,

State Rep. Wayne Mixon has donated his first $1,100.00 of a pay raise to brighten Christmas for patients of a hospital for mentally retarded children and inmates of two correctional institutions in his district. Mixon had opposed a bill raising the pay and expense allowance of legislators from $8, 400 to $12, 000, but the bill passed. So he sent the difference between the old and the new pay scale to the institutions. "            (Associated Press)

 

John Wayne Mixson served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987, under Governor Bob Graham until Graham resigned in 1987 to take office as one of Florida's Senators. Mixson served as the 39th governor for three days before Bob Martinez took office.

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