Obituaries: Lula Luther Mitchell, 1960, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 3, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Ed Mitchell Dies; Buried At Mt. Zion Nov. 3

Death came to Mrs. Lula Luther Mitchell, wife of Ed Mitchell of the Wheeling
Community, Winn Parish, early Wednesday, November 2, 1960, in the Baptist
Hospital, Alexandria, after a long illness.  She was 78 years of age.

Mrs. Mitchell was born in Grant Parish August 5, 1882, the daughter of James
Madison Luther and Corrine Waddell Luther.  She spent much of her early
childhood at Couley, and resided all of her married life in Winn Parish.  She
was a Methodist, having been for many years a member of the Mt. Zion Methodist
Church, located on the Winnfield-Montgomery highway, near Montgomery.

Among the immediate survivors are Mrs. Mitchell's husband, Ed Mitchell of Rt.
1, Montgomery; six children, Mrs. Linnie Mae Shelton Winnfield; Dr. Guy C.
Mithcell, Clinton, Miss.; Mrs. Leckie Jennings, Coushatta; Mrs. Lottie
McLaren, Springhill; Dr. John H. Mitchell, Lafayette; and Roy D. Mitchell,
Shreveport.

Other survivors are three brothers, Arthur Luther of Ruston, R. Lee Luther of
Winnfield, and John H. Luther of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Monroe Shelton
of Winnfield and Mrs. Eunice Martin of Calvin; nine children and three great
grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday, November 3, at the Mt. Zion
Methodist Church with Hixson Funeral Home of Winnfield in charge.  Interment
was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.  

Pallbearers were Judge R. D. Cantwell, Cheston Stevens, Henry A. Keiffer,
Robert Lee Dunn, E. G. Ferguson, and J. C. Cardozier.