EDWARDS — Mary Mixon Noel died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. She was 82.

Mrs. Mixon was born and raised in Hinds County. She was a graduate of Bonner Campbell College in Edwards and retired from Oakley Training School after 30 years of service as a counselor’s assistant. She was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Escore and M.C. Mixon; and her husband, Robert Noel.

Survivors include three daughters, Audrey Tyrone of Vicksburg, Marian Mixon of Clinton and Quedine Mixon of Edwards; two sons, Kelvin Mixon of Vicksburg and Roy Mixon of Huntsville, Ala.; two sisters, Carrie Mae Williams and Ruthie Hall, both of Vicksburg; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Services will be at noon Saturday at Morning Star M.B. Church in Edwards. Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 7 p.m. Friday with the family present from 6 until 7 at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.