Mary Helton Stokes Mixon

Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations

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Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
holmanmortuaries.com
334-585-5261
Date: Oct 17 2018 3:45 PM

Ft. GAINES, GA. . . .Mary Helton Stokes Mixon, a resident of Ft. Gaines, Georgia, died late Wednesday morning, October 17, 2018, in the Ft. Gaines Health & Rehab. She was 87.

     Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon (EDT), Saturday, October 20, 2018, in the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, near Ft. Gaines, with Reverend Randy Stokes officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 11:00 until 12:00 Noon Saturday in the church sanctuary.

     Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the God’s Way Baptist Church, 271 Pleasant Hill Road, Eufaula, AL 36027.

     Mary Stokes Mixon was born in Henry County, Alabama and was reared in Ft. Gaines. She was the daughter of the late Dan Gordon Helton and Ethel Palmer Helton Davis. Ms. Mixon was a member of the God’s Way Baptist Church. She was retired from the medical office of Dr. Homer P. Wood as a Licensed Practical Nurse. In earlier years, she was employed by the Clay County Hospital, the Clay County Nursing Home and the medical office of Dr. Karen Kinsell as a L.P.N.  She was preceded in death by the father of her children, Grady Ray Stokes, a granddaughter, Leah Ann Stokes, and a brother, Gordon Helton.

     Surviving relatives include a daughter, Marsha Stokes Powell (Charles), Ft. Gaines; two sons, Kenneth Ray Stokes (Kathy), Dothan; and Reverend Randy Stokes (Lynn), Ft. Gaines; two sisters, Janeise Sassnett (Sheldon), Westville, FL; and Nancy Helton, Perry, FL; two brothers, Dan Helton and Don Helton, both of Perry, FL; two grandsons, Adam Stokes (Michelle) and Daniel Stokes; a great-grandson, Thomas Grady Stokes.

HOLMAN ABBEVILLE MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-585-5261.You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This firm does not own a crematory.

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