The depot closed at the end of business on April 30, 1959 on the retirement of R. B. Mize. Mize started as a telegrapher at Cave Spring with seniority date of Aug. 1, 1912. He worked at Auburn about 1920 as the 2nd trick operator. At that time, Auburn's telegraph office was manned 24 hours a day. In 1923 he moved to Brownsville, TN and then worked as agent at Allensville, KY and Henry, TN. In 1938, L&N's Auburn agent, R. L. Stevenson, retired and the position was open for bidding. Having remembered Auburn from the 1920's and liking the town, Mr. Mize had enough seniority to successfully bid and get the Auburn position and remained until the agency closed in 1959.
He died on Dec. 26, 1976 and is buried in the Auburn cemetery with his wife, Katherine. |
