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793 JOHN MICAJAH MIXSON, JAMES JOYCE MIXSON (735), ARCHIBALD K. MIXSON (709), JOHN C. MIXSON (706), JOHN C. MIXSON (700), JOHN MIXSON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

John Micajah Mixson, son of James Joyce and Elizabeth S. Johnson Mixson, was b. at Williston, FL, Jul 4, 1871, d. Nov 20, 1948, bur. Jesse Mercer Willis Cemetery, Williston, FL. On Feb:9, 1892, he m. Mora Bernice Edwards - b. Nov 9, 1874, d. Jul 10, 1958, bur. Jesse Mercer Willis Cemetery, Williston, FL, dau. of Lafayette Whitford and Elizabeth Crozier Willis Edwards.

Census:

1900 Williston, Levy, FL, age 27, wife Mora B-25, children: Robert-7, Ninna-5, Walter-3

1910 Williston, Levy, FL, age 37, wife Mora B-35, children: Robert-17, Nina-15, Walter-13, James-9, Louise-6, John Lewis-4

1920 Williston, Levy, FL, age 48, wife Mora-45, children: John L-14

1930 Williston, Levy, FL, age 58, wife Mora S-54

1935 Precinct 7, Level, FL, FL State Census, age 63, wife Mora-60, grand dau. Burnice Morton-17, Louise-9

1940 Levy, FL, age 58, wife M B-65, dau. Nina Morton-42 and her children: Bernice-22, Louise-14

1945 Precinct 7A, FL, FL State Census, age 73

All their children were b. at Williston, FL.

*882 Robert Kirkland Mixson - b. Apr 13, 1893, d. Jun 17, 1979

§883 Nina Lee Mixson - b. Jan 4, 1895, d. Jan 21, 1973

*884 Walter Edwards Mixson - b. Apr 16, 1897, d. Apr 26, 1957

*885 James Lafayette Mixson -b. Jan 31, 1901 at Williston, FL, d. Jun 2, 1985, m. Alice Mae "Mae" Linkenbach

886 Mora Louise Mixson - b.- Sep 11, 1903, d. Oct 17, 1918, bur. Jesse Mercer Willis Cemetery, Williston, FL, headstone has “Mixon”

*887 John Lewis Mixson - b. Jan 29, 1906, d. Apr 17, 1985, m. Sulalie Daniel

 

Below is probably in in reference to #885 James Lafayette Mixson above.

 

The following is from THE NEWAGE MAGAZINE, Vol. LXXIX, No. 2, February 1971 Washington, D.C., Page 4i:

 

"A Mason's blessed sight"

 

"For more than forty years Brother James L. Mixson, 33 deg, used his sight and his whole effort in the service of man and Masonry. In the Biscayne Bay Lodge No. 124, F. & A. M., for instance, he was Worshipful Master in 1937, Secretary from 1943 to 1944 and Treasurer for twenty-five years from 1945 to 1969. He was also Master of each of the four Coordinate Miami Scottish Rite Bodies ad their Treasurer for the last twenty years, an office he still holds. He was invested with the K. C. C. H. in 1945 and Coroneted an Inspector General Honorary of the Thirty-Third Degree in 1949. His very active Masonic life was matched by four decades of full membership in church, civic, and business associations.

"In October of 1969, when Brother Mixson attended the Supreme Council session, he could look back at a lifetime of benefit to his fellow man. He looked forward, also, to a continued service when suddenly he lost the center vision of both eyes. Virtual blindness seemed the reward for his dedication. n despair Brother Mixson sought relief in prayer. Soon a new, spiritual light began. He realized that his misfortune was slight when compared to his many benefits. From depression and anguish come a new vision of truth which stirred Brother Mixson to write a poem reaffirming his faith in God and men. One stanza of this poem eloquently expresses his gratitude for his second "Blessed Sight."

 

"The sudden loss of vision,

all will decry,

Still life is worth living,

none will deny.

With this loss of sight,

I'm beginning to see

The many things that Our Lord

expects of me. "

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