Beckham County, OK - Obits: Lillie M. Mitchell, 1930
Friday, 05 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MITCHELL, LILLIE M.
(29 Jan 1930, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Wife of 'Cap' Mitchell Passes Away at Hospital in Wichita, Kas.
Following a lingering illness of about seven months duration, Mrs. Lillie
M. Mitchell, 56, wife of "Cap" Mitchell, of this city, passed away
yesterday afternoon at a hospital in Wichita, Kan.  Mrs. Mitchell had been
in the hospital for the past three months and for several days prior to
her death no hope for her recovery was held.
Mr. Mitchell and two of the couple's three children, Mrs. F. L. Kyle, of
this city, a daughter, and Whitten M. Mitchell, a son, were at her bedside
when death came.  Mr. Kyle, who was in this city at the time, left
immediately for Wichita.
Born in Missouri.
Mrs. Mitchell was born in Ray county, Missouri, Oct. 21, 1873 and died
yesterday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock, age 56 years, three months and seven
days.  She grew to womanhood in Ray county and on Dec. 24, 1890, was
married to Mr. Mitchell.  To this union four children, three sons and a
daughter, were born.  The youngest child, Seabie, a son, died in infancy,
and the others, Grover C. Mitchell, Whitten M. Mitchell and Mrs. Pauline
Kyle, together with the husband, survive.  Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Herbert Hope Mortuary at Excelsior
Springs, Mo.
Active with her husband and her son-in-law, Mr. Kyle, in the publication
here of The Journal, Mrs. Mitchell had many friends and was well-known
throughout this section.  News of her passing, received here late
yesterday afternoon, was received with deep regret by her friends and by
friends of the family.  Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the Baptist church.

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