Rufus Helthfin Mixon was born in 1873 in Aurora, Beaufort County, North
Carolina, the son of Benjamin Henry Mixon and Clarissa White Hudnell. He
married Texas Creef in 1895 in Aurora. She died in 1917. Rufus died in
1945, possibly in Washington, NC. My mother's brother, Norwood Lee Mixon
lived in Washington as did his son, Norwood Lee Jr., who just recently
died. Norwood Lee Jr's daughter LeAnne Mixon still lives in Washington.

The photo of Rufus was taken at my mother's wedding in 1940 in
Richmond, VA.

My mom is living with my sister in Dallas now, and will turn 91 this
November. She lived alone in Michigan up until this summer, maintaining
her house and able to drive her car.

All of this got started from my interest in genealogy and my role as
family historian. The Yaw family had been partially traced but a lot was
missing. As it turns out, we are related on the Yaw side to Richard
Warren, a Mayflower passenger. The Mixons immigrated to Virginia in
about 1650 and started out in Abingdon Parish, VA. They moved to North
Carolina from there and then spread out through South Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. 

Another of my mother's stories relates to going to see the
entertainment on the showboat that docked in Aurora and Bath every
summer (and was supposedly the inspiration for the movie and play
"Showboat"). Apparently she and her brothers would see the show every
night in Aurora and then see every show in Bath. It was entertainment
for the entire summer. I am still working on getting her to fill in the
details.

Let me know if I can provide anything else.

Edwin C Yaw
eyaw@loc.gov