Latimer Maxcy
(1887-1971)

Died aged c. 84

Latimer Maxcy was born in 1887 in Columbia, South Carolina. He came to Frostproof in 1904 when he acquired land east of town and began raising citrus. In the late 1920s, Maxcy operated one of the first citrus canning and juice plants. He was instrumental in organizing the Florida Citrus Mutual and was its first president in 1938 and 1949. He served on the Florida Citrus Commission during the administration of Governor Caldwell. In the early 1930s he began to raise cattle and became a member of the Florida, Polk, Osceola, Okeechobee and Martin County Cattlemen’s Associations. He was a Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Florida Club at Winter Haven. Latimer Maxcy died in 1971.

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