Beth Mizell
| Mary Beth Sherman Mizell | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 12th district |
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Assumed office January 11, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ben Nevers |
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| Born |
Mary Beth Sherman January 1952 (age 65) Bogalusa, Washington Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | James Robert Mizell (married 1971-2012, his death) |
| Children | Josh Mizell Julie M. Stewart |
| Residence | Franklinton, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Religion | Baptist |
Mary Beth Sherman Mizell, known as Beth Sherman Mizell (born January 1952), is a businesswoman from Franklinton, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 12, which encompasses the parishes of St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington, part of the Florida Parishes of southeastern Louisiana. On January 11, 2016, she succeeded the term-limited Democrat Ben Nevers, who instead joined the new administration of Governor John Bel Edwards.
Mizell was married for forty-one years until his death of cancer to James Robert "Bob" Mizell (1948-2012). He is interred at the Plainview Baptist Church Cemetery in her native Bogalusa in Washington Parish, along with his father, Arvelee Mizell (1922-1991). Bob Mizell's surviving mother is Kathleen N. Mizell (born 1925).
Mizell has two children, Julie Mizell Stewart, a teacher, and Joshua Mizell, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps Both reside with their spouses in Laurel in Jones County in southeastern Mississippi. She is a Southern Baptist.A former preschool operator, Mizell is the director of The Children's Cottage in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish.
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