ATLANTA – State Representative Penny Houston (R-Nashville) led the Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday, February 8, 2018, in honoring Eunice Mixon with House Resolution 971. Mixon was recognized in the House Chamber of the Georgia State Capitol for being named the 2018 Distinguished Older Georgian.
“It was a great honor to recognize my friend, advisor and constituent, Mrs. Eunice Mixon, in the House chamber last week,” said Rep. Houston. “Over the past three decades, Mrs. 
Mixon has worn many hats: farmer’s wife, school teacher, nonpaid political consultant, community leader and member of over 15 state boards and commissions. Mrs. Mixon is truly an ambassador of South Georgia. She loves this state, she loves people and she has indeed made Georgia a better place to live.”
Eunice Mixon is the grande dame of Tifton and has spent decades serving her community and state. Mixon served as a doorkeeper for the State Senate for 12 years, and she has been a member of over 15 state boards and commissions over the past three decades, including the Georgia State Bar Disciplinary Board, the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the Heritage Trust Commission, the State Election Board and the Argirama Foundation Board.
Mixon’s papers have been archived at the University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Library. To view these papers, please click here.
For more information on HR 971, please click here.
Representative Penny Houston represents the citizens of District 170, which includes all of Berrien and Cook counties and portions of Tift County. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1997 and currently serves as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Economic Development. She also serves on the Banks and Banking, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight, Economic Development & Tourism and Ways and Means committees.
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