Barbara A. Mitchell

© Marietta Monitor

November 22, 2002, page 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Barbara A. Mitchell, 64, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 18, at the Enville Community Church, Enville, with the Rev. Don Keizor and the Rev. Kenneth Shelton officiating.

Mrs. Mitchell was born May 20, 1938, in the Legate Community, Love County, the daughter of Bill and Beatrice Shaw Stewart. She died Thursday, November 14, 2002, in Mercy Memorial Health Center, Ardmore.

She had lived in the Legate community and the Enville community where she attended school and had made her home in Marietta for a number of years. A homemaker, Mrs. Mitchell had been employed by the Cookie Factory in Marietta for 20 years, 10 years as a packer and 10 years in the outlet store. She and Melvin T. Mitchell were married October 18, 1958, at the Alvin Hilton residence in Marietta. Mrs. Mitchell attended the Enville Community Church.

Survivors include her husband, Melvin T. Mitchell of the home; a son, Todd S. Mitchell of Stringtown; five brothers, Calvin Stewart of Oklahoma City, Ray Stewart of Parlier, California, J.T. Stewart of Haywood, California, Bill Stewart of Ardmore and Wendyl Stewart of Lebanon; a sister, Marcella Renick of Marietta; a granddaughter, Chellsey Lott of Marietta; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Mitchell was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Melissa Ann Mitchell on January 24, 1967; a sister, Ann Lane; and two brothers, Donald Stewart and Ralph Stewart.

Pallbearers were Buddy Robinson, C.A. Robinson, Jeff Willis, Ronnie Willis, Sonny Mobley and Randall Harris. Honorary pallbearers were Mike Hobson, James Segler, Kenneth Peery and Larry Jones.

Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.