Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Fred E. Mitchell ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Fred E. Mitchell Fred E. Mitchell, 7011 Woodridge, Houston, died at 8:00 PM Friday, January 6, 1967, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Houston. A former resident of Hunt County, Mr. Mitchell was the son of Bob Mitchell and Nettie Kelly Mitchell of Celeste. A Houston businessman, Mr. Mitchell had worked thirty-one years as general service manager for the heavy machinery department in the firm of Jim Stewart and Stephenson. He had traveled throughout the world in the interests of the firm. He was member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services were held in Houston at 2:00 PM Monday, January 8, 1967, with burial in a Houston cemetery. Survivors include his widow, the former Nell Shook of Greenville; two sons, John Mitchell and Billy Fred Mitchell; four grandchildren and five sisters, Mrs. P. M. Kelly and Mrs. Robb M. Ferguson, Greenville; Mrs. S. C. Flournoy and Mrs. Dan Turney, Dallas; and Mrs. J. R. Buster, Shreveport, Louisiana. (January 13, 1967, The Celeste Courier)