Obituary of Doris Mixon Sisson

Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Mixon Sisson are scheduled for 2 PM Friday, August 1, 2025, at the Bonita Baptist Church, with Bro. Tim Post and Bro. Ron Vollmar officiating. A private interment will follow at Bonne Idee Cemetery. A time of visitation will precede the service beginning at 1 PM. Mrs. Sisson, a resident of Bonita Louisiana, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025, just one day shy of her ninety-seventh birthday. She was a member of Bonita Baptist Church for over fifty years where she served as church secretary for over fifty years. She was a retired secretary of Shackelford farms for sixty-two years and was a member of the first state champion softball team in Bonita during the nineteen forties. She was also a member of the Northeast College tennis team when it was a two-year college. Her survivors include numerous nieces and nephews; her dear friend and “running buddy” Pat Langston, and husband Kenneth; as well as a host of loving friends who will cherish her memory throughout their lifetimes. Mrs. Sisson is preceded in death by her husband, Roy Owens Sisson; Parents, Barney P. Mixon and Leona Washam Mixon; brothers Louis E. Mixon and L.B Mixon. Serving as pallbearers will be Kenneth Langston, Mike Faulkenberry, John Shackelford, Ronald Hopkins, Douglas Edwards, and Carl Long. Honorary pallbearers will be Thomas Goodson, Dennis Faulkenberry, Spencer Herrington, Elroy Glossup, Billy Barton, and Thomas Robinson.