Obituary from Holman Funeral Home of Ozark – Ozark, Alabama
Mrs. Sarah Marshall Mixson, a resident of Ozark, died Friday, November 7, 2025, in Dale Medical Center. She was 94 years old. Funeral services for Mrs. Mixson will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at Skipperville Methodist Church with Reverend Gail Joyner officiating. Interment will follow in Skipperville Community Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends in the church Wednesday from 10:00 A.M. until service time.
Mrs. Mixson was born August 26, 1931 in Dale County, Alabama to the late William Green Marshall and Flossie Searcy Marshall. She graduated from Dale County High School in Ozark. Sarah worked in the Dale County Tax Collector’s Office with her father and later she worked with Tax Collector, Foy Watson. Afterward, she worked at Fort Rucker as an Aircraft Records Specialist for forty years and retired in 1994. Sarah had a keen eye for the smallest details. She admitted to being strong-willed and had a determined personality. Sarah was caring and loving. There was no question where you stood with her. She “told it like it was”! She also had a wittiness about her that made people want to be around her. There was no greater joy for her than to join her in laughter. Sarah was an avid reader and crafter, and she was a big fan of “Facebook”, where she kept up with her friends. Sarah loved people, and especially children. Most of all she loved her family. Her grandchildren and great grandchild were the light of her life. She belonged to Skipperville Methodist Church and taught Sunday School until her health declined. She was a member of the Skipperville Service Club, where she served as an officer in several capacities and as AHCL County President and won the Key Member Award. She was a member of the Skipperville UMW and Membership Secretary of the Skipperville Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mixson is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Harold Ernest Mixson who died October 31, 2000; her daughter, Sandra Kay Mixson Poundstone who died in 2013 and her husband R. Emmett Poundstone who died in 2022. She was also preceded by her brother, Billy Britt Marshall; her sister, Francis Marshall Flowers; brother-in-law, Edward Earl Flowers; her sister, Jane Marshall Lavender; and brother-in-law Frank Lavender. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Mixson O’Connell and her husband, Richard O’Connell; one grandson, Sean O’Connell and his wife, Ana; one granddaughter, Sarah Margaret Poundstone; and one great-granddaughter, Sophia Marie O’Connell. Sarah is also survived by many nieces, nephews, church family, sisters-in-law, and caregivers who were all loving and faithful to the end. She will be sorely missed but has given us a lifetime of loving and light-hearted memories to sustain us in the days and years ahead. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in her memory to Skipperville Methodist Church, 5189 Highway 105, Skipperville, Alabama 36374.
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