Obit of Mitchell, Archie Lee - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 26 Aug 2007 Return to Pittsburg County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pittsburg/pittsburg.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Oak Hill Cemetery--Kiowa OK Mitchell, Archie Lee Longtime Santa Paula resident Archie Lee Mitchell passed away at his home in Oklahoma from complications of cancer, on Jan. 12, 2007. He was a Santa Paula business owner and mechanic for many years prior to his retirement. Archie was born to Ralph and Bernice Mitchell in Oklahoma on Jan. 4, 1940. Much of his youth was spent helping his grandfather with farming, and his father at his sawmill equipment. He loved automobiles; his first one was a 1954 Ford pickup truck. He started building his own hot rods as a teenager after moving to California in 1957 with his family. He was typical 1950s street racer; he loved racing his cars. Eventually he moved from street racing to racing at Irwindale. Besides automobiles, Archie enjoyed fishing, camping, golfing, the Dodgers baseball, and Lakers basketball. He was affiliated with the following organizations over the years: 20-30 Club, Kiwanis, Automobile Dealers Association, Southern California Golf Association, Ventura County Bowlers Association, and Ventura County Bass Masters. Archie is survived by his wife, Pat; son, Mike of Kiowa, Okla.; grandson, Michael of Santa Paula; sisters, Oleta Allen (husband Alfred) of Oklahoma, Clara Wheeler of Oklahoma, Betty Cochran of Oxnard, Ruedean Grieve (husband Tom) of Ventura, Marie Lynch (husband Harry) of Piru, Kay Cotton (husband Dewey) of Tehachapi, Martha Craig (husband James) of Santa Paula, and Mary Meierhoff of Piru; brothers, James Mitchell (wife Francis) of Oklahoma, and Doyle Mitchell (wife Irene) of Oklahoma; and numerous family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all. Archie was preceded in death by his father, Ralph Mitchell in 1975; and mother, Bernice Mitchell in 1999, both of Santa Paula; nephew, Chip Cotton; brothers-in-law, Scott Meierhoff, Archie Cochran of Ventura County, and Warren Wheeler of Oklahoma. Archie was laid to rest on Jan. 16, 2007, in Kiowa, Oklahoma. Published in the Ventura County Star on 1/21/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pittsburg County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pittsburg/pittsburg.htm