{"id":1830,"date":"2012-10-09T16:29:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waltoncountyheritage.org\/wp\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2012-10-09T16:29:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:29:52","slug":"the-defuniak-herald-august-1944-obituaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/2012\/10\/the-defuniak-herald-august-1944-obituaries\/","title":{"rendered":"The DeFuniak Herald – August 1944 – Obituaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

1944 Aug 17– Funeral services for Gehune Berry Mixon,<\/strong> 43, of DeFuniak Springs who was fatally<\/p>\n

injured in a fall from a water tank under construction at Barin will be held Tuesday at<\/p>\n

Pine Level, Al church, interment follows at Pine Level Cemetery. Survivors are wife,<\/p>\n

Mrs Mamie Mixon<\/strong>, children Elvin<\/strong> & Irene<\/strong>, mother Mrs Eva Barnes<\/strong>, 4 brothers, Sam<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

Willie<\/strong>, Winford<\/strong> & Moricia<\/strong> Mixon; 3 half brothers J T, Winner <\/strong>& Robert<\/strong> Barnes<\/strong>, 2<\/p>\n

Sisters Anna<\/strong> & Lizzy<\/strong> Mixon.\u00a0\u00a0 (from Pensacola Journal)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

James Cosson,<\/strong> 51, his 2 children James<\/strong> Cosson<\/strong>, Jr, 14; Winnie<\/strong> Cosson 12, Alfred<\/strong> Cosson 45,<\/p>\n

(brother to James, were all killed when sticks of bombs fall near home of James, as Eglin bomber<\/p>\n

misses target.\u00a0 Injured were Mrs Alfred<\/strong> Cosson, 45; Mrs James<\/strong> Cosson 48; 3 sons of\u00a0 Mr & Mrs<\/p>\n

James Cosson, Idee<\/strong> 13, Frank<\/strong> 10, & Thomas<\/strong> 4, injuries to the younger boy were not<\/p>\n

serious.\u00a0 Tragedy was Friday evening while the two brothers and their families were visiting.<\/p>\n

Funeral services were held Tuesday at Plesant Ridge Church, interment followed in cemetery.<\/p>\n

(long story)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1944 Aug 31– PFC Roy E Brannon<\/strong> killed in action. A dispatch from Washington as of date of Aug\u00a0 29<\/p>\n

lists among soldiers lost, the name of Pfc Roy E Brannon of Rt 1 DeFuniak as ”killed in action<\/p>\n

in Mediterranean area”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mrs Edna Beardsley Hicks<\/strong> has received word that Chief Warrant Officer Theron<\/strong> G Hicks<\/p>\n

has been killed in action. He leaves widow, son Jerry<\/strong> and his mother.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

William D. ‘Billy’ Anderson<\/strong> 19, listed as missing in action as of June 6, Normandy invasion,<\/p>\n

has now been listed as POW in Germany.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Contributed by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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