William Forrest Mize, Sr.
Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Thomas Mize
Willam Forrest Mize, Sr. was born on March 30, 1917 in Trigg County, Kentucky, the youngest of two children born to William David Mize and Gertrude Thomas Mize. William David and Gertrude were both natives of Trigg County. William David was a farmer and Gertrude who was born in the Oak Grove community was the daughter of Francis Marion “Fant” Thomas and Mary Forrest Rogers Thomas. Fant was the seventh child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas.
William’s one sibling was Thomas Edward Mize, who was born in 1912 and married Mary Catherine Hughes. Mary Catherine was also a descendant of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas.
William Forrest was educated in the Trigg County Schools. He worked for the County Highway Department and the State Park System. He also worked as a carpenter, but his primary occupation was as a lifelong farmer.
On February 26, 1938 when William was 21 years old, he married Mary Elizabeth “Mae” Thomas in Princeton, Kentucky at the home of Rev. Olen Sisk. Mae who was also 21 years old was born on January 23, 1917 on the Riley Hollow Road in Trigg County. She was the fourth of eight children of Hugh Early Thomas and Georgia King Boyd Thomas, both natives of Trigg County. Hugh was a descendant of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Mae’s siblings were Edna Earl Thomas, born in 1911 and married Luther Bertram Hughes; Eliza Pearl Thomas, born in 1913 and married Thomas Aaron Dunn; Rosie Delle Thomas, born in 1915 and married Millard Otis Munger and then married Artie Ray Cunningham; Louise Thomas, born in 1920 and married Douglas Hopson Thomas; Huel Early Thomas, born in 1923 and married John Thomas “Toppy” Edwards; Imogene Thomas, born in 1925 and married John Douglas Wetton; and Martha Nell Thomas, born in 1932 and married Charles Owen Bush.
Mae’s parents moved from Trigg County to Christian County in 1918 when Mae was a year old. She grew up on a farm in Christian County and attended the county schools, attending Walnut Grove School, completing the eighth grade at Newstead and graduating from Hopkinsville High School in 1934.
William and Mae went on to own and operate what was known as the Toll Gate Farm, which was located at the site of the old toll gate on Highway 68 east of Cadiz. William had a passion for agriculture, conservation and farm education. His family hosted the 4-H Farm Safety Day each year on the family farm to help educate children on farms and farm safety.
William and Mae were the parents of one child, William “Bill” Forrest Mize, Jr. Bill was born in 1940 and married Annette Trickett. They were divorced and he later married Cynthia Jane Hatfield.
Mae died on December 9, 2015, at her home at the age of 98. She and William had been married for 77 years. She was buried in the East End Cemetery in Cadiz. William died on November 19, 2016, at his home at the age of 99. He was buried in the East End Cemetery next to his wife.
LINEAGE: (William Forrest Mize, Sr. was the son of William David and Gertrude Thomas Mize. Gertrude was the eighth child of Francis Marion “Fant” and Mary Forrest Rogers Thomas. Fant was the seventh child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
(Mary Elizabeth “Mae” Thomas was the daughter of Hugh Early and Georgia King Boyd Thomas. Hugh was the sixth child of Robert Allison and Emma Nora Cunningham Thomas. Robert was the fifth child of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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