Obituary: Jera Warner Mitchell, Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Franklin Sun -- Winnsboro, Louisiana November 29, 2000 --- Page 5A Volume 144 --- No. 16 Jera Warner Mitchell Funeral services for Jera Warner Mitchell, 104, of Wisner will be Wednesday at the First Baptist Church of Wisner with the Rev. Thomas Peoples, the Rev. Carlton Vance and Dr. Milton Williams officiating. Interment will follow at South Central Cemetery under the direct- ion of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. Mitchell died Sunday, November 26, 2000 at Franklin Medical Center. Mrs. Mitchell lived in three different centuries. She was a charter member of First Baptist Church of Wisner and served in numerous positions in the church. She was a life-long member of the La. Federation of Garden Clubs and a past president of the Wisner Garden Club. Mrs. Mitchell is preceded in death by her husband, J. G. Mitchell Sr., and a son-in-law, E.D. Malone. Survivors include daughter, Carolyn Malone of Seminole, Florida; son, J. Gordon Mitchell and wife Coleen of West Monroe; seven grandchildren, Jay Mitchell III, Tina Smith, Son Mitchell, Eric Malone, Carol DiMura, Sharon Spataro and Marilyn Dale; and 15 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mike Watson, Burt Hammons, Ernest Kiper, Kenneth Thornhill, James Harper, Huey Priest, J.T. Tims and Perry Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the First Baptist Church of Wisner. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Wisner or the Baptist Children's Home.