Obit of Martha C. Mitchell (m324) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 13 Aug 2002 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================================== Surnames: Mitchell, Chowning, Hughes, Wilson, Nickell, Minerosa Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4638 Martha C. Mitchell, a native of Durham, died March 10, 1980 in Coronado Hospital, Coronado, California, after a lengthy illness. She was born January 30, 1909 to Z.R. and Alma Hughes Chowning. Mrs. Mitchell ateended school in Durham where she was an outstaning athlete. Central State University, where she attended colledge, and was acive in physical education and debate, honored her achievements by placing a plaque in Wantland Hall on the campus in 1960. Mrs. Mitcehll studied dance in New York City, and directed her own dance sutdio in Seminole, Oklahoma, for twenty-five years. After moving to California, she was a physical education teacher in the West Covina Schools. Mrs. Mitchell retired in 1974. Surviving are her husbqand, whom she married in 1933, in Oklahoma City; two sons, Robert, a lawyer in Oklahoma City, and Frank, an executive with Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas; three sisters, Fay Wilson of Longivew, Texas, Mary Nickell, Alva, Oklahoma, Ferne Minerosa, Oneonta, New York; a brother Ernest Chowning, San Leondro, California; four grandchildren several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the Methodist Church and Women's Guild in Coronado. She was also a member of the California Teachers Association. Her body was cremated. Memorial services were held in the Methodist Church and Catholic Church in Coronado. No flowers were requested. Donations were made to the Cancer Society. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok