Margaret Moseley Mixson Costin Obituary

Margaret Moseley Mixson Costin, 80, of Port Saint Joe, died Monday, June 29, 2009 at Bay Medical Center.

She was born in New Brockton, AL to the late Cecil Marion Mixson and Mineola Moseley Mixson. She graduated from Graceville High School and also from Troy State University. She moved to Port Saint Joe in 1955 to teach high school. She was a member of the First Baptist

Church, loved to play golf, and enjoyed fishing and hunting, and coffee in the afternoon with friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil G. Costin, Jr.

Surviving are two children, Charles A. Costin and wife, Tanya, and Renee C. Shoaf and husband, Stuart all of Port Saint Joe; four grandchildren, Lauren and Matthew Costin and Jason and wife, Ashley Shoaf of Tallahassee, Andy and wife, Kimberly Shoaf of Port Saint Joe; two great-grandchildren, William and Madelyn Shoaf of Tallahassee, FL; one brother, former Governor Wayne Mixson and wife, Margie of Tallahassee; one sister, Miriam Mixson Johnson and husband, the late S.D. Johnson of Campbellton, FL; and many nieces and  nephews.

The family would like to acknowledge Debbie Lund and Daisy Jones for the care they gave as well as Emerald Coast Hospice.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. EST at First Baptist Church of Port Saint Joe, with the Rev. Howard Browning officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot in Holly Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at 10 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Family Life Center in Port Saint Joe.

All services are under the direction of the Comforter Funeral Home.