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BELOVED WOMAN GONETO ETERNAL RESTNMany Friends Are Saddened to Learn of .the Death of Mrs. Frances So-4phonia Mitchell, Whose Deeds and Life Have Been of Great Usefulness.at-he'ooheoniteto to I in-llysonmtMERCM01Fed,tesief-leyeirop-myatloomeinakall,:olvasral-ersiff”’. itMc-un--itait-Mrs. Frances Soplironia Mitchell• ♦ •died at her residence on Remington Avenue today at two thirty o’clock, after a serious illness lasting over five weeks. She was stricken with heart trouble in an acute form last month and had never rallied from the attack sufficiently to be out of the house. Her illness grew worse Sunday and since that time very little hope for her recovery was held by those closest in attendance and by the physicians, who were called in consultation on the case.Mrs. Mitchell was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mitchell, representatives of two of the oldest and most respected families in the county. She was born on the Mitchell»plantation April 7th, 1858, where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Thomas C. Mitchell, February 3rd, 1884. since which time she has lived in the beautiful Mitchell home in this city.Surviving her are two sons, Messrs. Frank and Joseph Mitchell, both ofthis city; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Blackshear and Mrs. John Chisholm of Valdosta; and five brothers, Messrs. Hal and Jim Mitchell of thisscounty, Tom Mitchei? oi Atlanta, John Mitchell of Salt Lake City, and Taylor H. Mitchell of Thomasville.The funeral services will take place Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock from the residence, and will be conductedby Rev. J. E. Seals. The interment GranthWe, i agree t 5th, ir indepen(Signby W,Co., Me thorpeL. Lind; Robt. J Bros., ‘ R. R. P: bell, Ca B. S. iberg on, L.ville, b: ier; Fi Anderslt; RobisoiA. Futc4Louise Ball, I Bro., plt; J. Golc J. W. ] H. C. i ion Di*3B. Lubi Sampsc per He croft IV F. Mai Pringle Sturdiv Jones,mgose30o-»uplotslityCoxop-g a l toLealprovedaowwasthisirin-Mc-wasthewill take place in Laurel Hill Cemetery. The following gentlemen arerequested to act as pallbearers. L. H. Jerger, W. H. Rockwell, M.. M. Cooper, W. A. Watt, W. A. Pringle, Jr., J. E. Robison, T. B. Chisholm and H. J. MacIntyre.Many warm friends throughout this section of Georgia are grieved to hear of Mrs. Mitchell’s, death. She was a woman of unusual character and force and exercised her powers for good in many and varied ways wherever she was known. In her life she lived up to the splendid traditions of her forebears and through the exercise Of many (wohiafily faculties... ehUearfiil herself to hundreds, privileged toCo., A] naw.BarbDEMlt;The Coast afternc the jur nett ar ant rai L; JobHammenjoy her friendsnip and affection, oclockIt is with great sadness that many will learn of her passing, but will understand that she has gofle to that reward which await the faithful, those who have ministered unto Him and His children always.long bladed pocket knife. Landleyat ten plain ti the selt; the FeMr. thousa he alle workin
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Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 02, 1920
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