Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Wanda Mitchell
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
MITCHELL
Wanda MITCHELL was born November 9, 1928, in Eufaula.  She died July 13, 1989,
at a Tulsa hospital.  Funeral services were held July 17 at the Okfuskee
Indian Baptist Church with Rev. Dan Phillips, Jr., and Rev. Raymond BEAVER
officiating.  Pallbearers were Acee BARNETT, Byar BEAVER, Soloman BEAVER,
George TIGER, John TIGER, and Charlie DOWLING.  Interment was at Manawa
Cemetery.  She attended Eufaula Boarding School and Chilocco Indian
School, graduating in 1947.  She worked at the Eufaula Dormitory as a
house mother and recreational aid for seven years before retiring in 1982.
She was the daughter of Yahdeka and Minnie Polk BYARD.  She was married
to Lyle MITCHELL on July 10, 1961.  He survives.  She is also survived by
a daughter, Wana MITCHELL of the home; three sons, Melvin MITCHELL of
Tahlequah, Robert MITCHELL of the home, and Bud MITCHELL
of Mesa, AZ; five sisters, Polly SHEPHERD of Tulsa, Jennie MARIE and Ruby
FRANCIS, both of Eufaula, and Candice WRIGHT of McAlester; two brothers,
Victor FRANCIS of SD, and Yahdeka BYRD, Jr., of Hanna; and a grandson,
Jason JACKSON, Jr., of the home.