Extracted from The Times (Shreveport, LA)
R.G. Mixon, Jr.
RUPLE COMMUNITY, LA - Funeral services will be held for R.G. Mixon, Jr., 80, at Ruple Baptist Church in the Ruple Community on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Jerry Gill officiating. Interment will follow at Arlington cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Mr. Mixon was born Jan. 30, 1926 to Richard Grady Mixon, Sr. and Frances Irene Mixon. He entered into rest Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at his home following a brief illness. Mr. Mixon was an active deacon for several years at the First Baptist Church of Haynesville, a member of the Ruple Baptist Church at his death and retired from CVOC/Marathon Oil Company.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Willene Varnado Mixon; his parents; one brother, Bobby Lynn Mixon; three sisters, Mickey Mixon Harris, Faye Mixon Tucker and Zelma Mixon Ross.
Mr. Mixon is survived by his daughter, Becky Mixon Sanders of Bossier City; step-daughter, Judith E. Milam and husband, Danny of the Ruple Community; step-son, Ronald Wayne Edmonds, Sr. of Homer; two sisters, Pauline Walden of Benton, LA and Betty Skinner of Converse, LA; one brother, James Milton Mixon and wife, Mary of White Oak, TX; 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be James Pruitt, John Pruitt, Dicky Walden, David Walden, John Cole, Bobby Hollenshead, Richard Heard and Danny Milam, Jr.
For friends considering memorials to Mr. Mixon, his family suggests the Ruple Baptist Church, P.O. Box 337, Homer, LA 71040.
Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Homer, LA (318) 927-6110