Allene B. Mize went home to be with the Lord on April 4, 2011, at the age of 101. She was born Jan. 3, 1910, in Washington OK.
Mrs. Mize was a lifelong educator. As a young woman, she taught at the Lindsey Ridge School near Blanchard OK. She taught in the Putnam City School District, and later became the first television math teacher on OETA. She earned her Bachelor's degree at Oklahoma City University, where she later taught for several years. Mrs. Mize earned her Master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
She was a longtime member of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, having joined in 1946. She taught adults and intermediates in Sunday School. Mrs. Mize went to Falls Creek with the youth and was very active in the Woman's Missionary Union. She is attributed with starting the church library. She was a very active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Poetry Club. After retirement she took up painting, signing her paintings as "A. Mize." She will be remembered as intelligent, thoughtful, kind, considerate, loving, compassionate, and a friend who wanted to help all and who loved her Lord and His Word.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frank, and her son Jack.
She is survived by her son Rex and wife Elaine and their children Joey, Donna, and Johnny; grandson Tommy Mize and wife Jenny and their children Faith and Tinley; grandson Clay Mize and wife Brittany and their children Heidi and Haley; granddaughter Deanna Anderson-Shelton and her children Jona and KJ; and grandson Michael Mize.
(obituary from Guardian Funeral Homes West Chapel, Warr Acres OK)
Mrs. Mize was a lifelong educator. As a young woman, she taught at the Lindsey Ridge School near Blanchard OK. She taught in the Putnam City School District, and later became the first television math teacher on OETA. She earned her Bachelor's degree at Oklahoma City University, where she later taught for several years. Mrs. Mize earned her Master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
She was a longtime member of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, having joined in 1946. She taught adults and intermediates in Sunday School. Mrs. Mize went to Falls Creek with the youth and was very active in the Woman's Missionary Union. She is attributed with starting the church library. She was a very active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Poetry Club. After retirement she took up painting, signing her paintings as "A. Mize." She will be remembered as intelligent, thoughtful, kind, considerate, loving, compassionate, and a friend who wanted to help all and who loved her Lord and His Word.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frank, and her son Jack.
She is survived by her son Rex and wife Elaine and their children Joey, Donna, and Johnny; grandson Tommy Mize and wife Jenny and their children Faith and Tinley; grandson Clay Mize and wife Brittany and their children Heidi and Haley; granddaughter Deanna Anderson-Shelton and her children Jona and KJ; and grandson Michael Mize.
(obituary from Guardian Funeral Homes West Chapel, Warr Acres OK)
Allene B. Mize went home to be with the Lord on April 4, 2011, at the age of 101. She was born Jan. 3, 1910, in Washington OK.
Mrs. Mize was a lifelong educator. As a young woman, she taught at the Lindsey Ridge School near Blanchard OK. She taught in the Putnam City School District, and later became the first television math teacher on OETA. She earned her Bachelor's degree at Oklahoma City University, where she later taught for several years. Mrs. Mize earned her Master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
She was a longtime member of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, having joined in 1946. She taught adults and intermediates in Sunday School. Mrs. Mize went to Falls Creek with the youth and was very active in the Woman's Missionary Union. She is attributed with starting the church library. She was a very active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Poetry Club. After retirement she took up painting, signing her paintings as "A. Mize." She will be remembered as intelligent, thoughtful, kind, considerate, loving, compassionate, and a friend who wanted to help all and who loved her Lord and His Word.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frank, and her son Jack.
She is survived by her son Rex and wife Elaine and their children Joey, Donna, and Johnny; grandson Tommy Mize and wife Jenny and their children Faith and Tinley; grandson Clay Mize and wife Brittany and their children Heidi and Haley; granddaughter Deanna Anderson-Shelton and her children Jona and KJ; and grandson Michael Mize.
(obituary from Guardian Funeral Homes West Chapel, Warr Acres OK)
Mrs. Mize was a lifelong educator. As a young woman, she taught at the Lindsey Ridge School near Blanchard OK. She taught in the Putnam City School District, and later became the first television math teacher on OETA. She earned her Bachelor's degree at Oklahoma City University, where she later taught for several years. Mrs. Mize earned her Master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
She was a longtime member of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, having joined in 1946. She taught adults and intermediates in Sunday School. Mrs. Mize went to Falls Creek with the youth and was very active in the Woman's Missionary Union. She is attributed with starting the church library. She was a very active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Poetry Club. After retirement she took up painting, signing her paintings as "A. Mize." She will be remembered as intelligent, thoughtful, kind, considerate, loving, compassionate, and a friend who wanted to help all and who loved her Lord and His Word.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frank, and her son Jack.
She is survived by her son Rex and wife Elaine and their children Joey, Donna, and Johnny; grandson Tommy Mize and wife Jenny and their children Faith and Tinley; grandson Clay Mize and wife Brittany and their children Heidi and Haley; granddaughter Deanna Anderson-Shelton and her children Jona and KJ; and grandson Michael Mize.
(obituary from Guardian Funeral Homes West Chapel, Warr Acres OK)
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