Obituaries:  Rev. Alfred Mitchell, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       M-324
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 17, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rev. Alfred Mitchell (Photo)

  Funeral services for Rev. Alfred Mitchell, 85, of Mansfield,
were held Friday, July 5, 1996, at 10 a.m., at Southside Baptist
Church of Mansfield. Officiating was Rev. Bob Miller, pastor of
Fellowship Baptist Church, and Dr. Scott Tatum, retired Baptist
minister, will be assisting. Interment was at Mansfield Cemetery.

  Rev. Mitchell passed away Tuesday, July 2, in Mansfield,
following a sudden illness. He was a native of Ruston, and a
resident of Mansfield. He was a minister. Bro. Mitchell came to
know Christ at the Old Second Baptist Church in Mansfield, at the
age of 19. He was called to preach at the age of 25, and was in
the ministry for 60 years. He pastored numerous country churches
in Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, before becoming pastor of
Southside Baptist Church of Mansfield in 1947. He remained at
Southside until his retirement in 19?.

  He was interim pastor, and supplied in many churches in Sabine
and DeSoto Parishes, until his death. He officiated at hundreds
of weddings and funerals over the years, of church members,
friends, family, and even people he did not know. Under his
ministry and leadership, many people came to know Christ, and to
be called into full time Christian Ministry. He was a devoted
pastor, husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, who
loved and served the Lord by preaching the gospel, and loving and
serving his family and people. He was a testimony of the life
changing experience of knowing and walking with Christ, by living
the gospel, and the Bible he taught and preached for so many
years. His life will continue to live on through his family, and
the many people Christ touched through his life.

  He was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac and Annie Elias
Mitchell; and brothers, Mack Mitchell, and Edward Mitchell.

  Survivors include his wife, Lillian Bullock Mitchell of
Mansfield; children, Charles E. Mitchell of Shreveport, Alfred
Lynn Mitchell and wife Jackie of Bossier City, Mary Mitchell
Eason and husband Doyle of Zwolle, Martha Mitchell Savell and
husband Tommy of Shreveport, and David C. Mitchell and wife
Debbie of Houston, Tex.; brothers, George Mitchell of Cotton
Valley, and John Mitchell of Mansfield; sisters, Julia Mitchell
Robinette of Mansfield, and Eva Mitchell Markey of Blue Springs,
Missouri; grandchildren, Annette Eason Willett and husband Rick
of Alvin, Tex., James Alfred Eason and wife Karen of Auburn,
Ala., Karla Mitchell Caskey and husband Luke of Carrollton, Tex.,
Kristi Mitchell Galey and husband Chuck of Bossier City, Britney
Mitchell of Baton Rouge, Allison Cryar of Shreveport, and Thomas
Savell of Shreveport; and great grandchildren, Elizabeth Willet,
Madison Caskey, and Kendall Galey.

  Pallbearers were Charles Jacobs, R. U. Johnson, Ben Johnson, Bob
Sanders, Douglas Raines, Marlin Caston, James Alfred Eason, and
Thomas Savell IV.

  Honorary pallbearers were Cecil Brown, Charles Sanders, Doyle
Eason, Rick Willett, Luke Caskey, Chuck Galey, Tommy Savell, and
Herbert Williams.

  The family wishes to give special thanks to Dr. Leigh Dillard,
and the emergency room staff of DeSoto General Hospital.

  The family requests that memorials may be made to the Louisiana
Baptist Children's Home in Monroe, the Building Funds of
Southside Baptist Church in Mansfield, Frierson Baptist Church in
Frierson, or Fellowship Baptist Church in Mansfield.