Rusk County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Mitchell, Frances Lucile March 13, 1995
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Henderson Daily News, 14 Mar 1995
Services for Frances Lucile Mitchell, 84, a lifelong resident of Henderson will
be held Wednesday, March 15, 1995 at 10 am, at the First Baptist Church with
Revs Robert Hall and Roy Biser officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens
Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A Crim Funeral Home.

Mrs Mitchell died peacefully in her home on Monday, March 13, 1995 at 6:30 am.
She was born Jan 21, 1911 in Henderson to her parents Mattie Mae and E F Crim,
Sr. Her grandparents were Mr and Mrs John Wesley Crim and Mr and Mrs Franklin
Hiram Spharler all of Henderson.

She proudly graduated valedictorian from Henderson High School and received her
higher education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and University of
Arkansas in Fayetteville. She was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.

On Nov 14, 1932 she married Dr Clifford Gordon Engle in her parent's home. Her
marriage to Dr Engle gave her what she considered her greatest joy, her only
child and son, Ronald Crim Engle, born on June 18, 1936. After a tragic car
accident on Oct 15, 1940, she was widowed at the early age of 29. She later
married Robert William Mitchell, a certified gemologist and owner of Mitchell's
Jewelry Store on Oct 15, 1946. Their marriage lasted 39 years until his death on
July 26, 1986.

Mrs Mitchell was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Henderson. She
belonged as a member to the Rusk Sunday School Class. Her faith was the heart of
her daily life. She devoted herself to her family and friends.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7pm to 8pm tonight.

Mrs Mitchell led a gentle life and will be greatly missed, especially by those
who survived her which include her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs E F
Crim, Jr, her two granddaughters Carolyn Jean Engle Stokes and Mary Frances
Engle Alford and her six nieces and nephews E F Crim III and Kathryn Crim
Loritsch of Chicago. Amanda Crim Rawlingson of Tyler. James R Mitchell of
Dallas, Robert Mitchell of Houston and Mary Emily Mitchell Soloff of New York.

Pallbearers for the service will be Billy Crawford, Scott Gibson, Dr Anthony
Rector, Milford Tate, Rickey Strong, Gene Sparkman. Honorary pallbearer will be
Jewel Howard.


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