Nansemond County-Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mitchell, MSG Aldro W., 1959 

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Rites Monday For Sgt. Aldro Mitchell 

  Funeral services for M. Sgt. Aldro Wayne Mitchell will be conducted Monday 
at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. John C. Mitchell, pastor of the 
First Baptist Church and Chaplain D.G. Carnes of Langley Field Air Force Base. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery [sic*] with military rites at the 
graveside. 

  Sgt. Mitchell, 46, died suddenly Friday at 7:45 p.m. at Langley Field Air 
Force Base. 

  He is survived by his wife, Susie Williams Mitchell of the home, his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Mitchell of Washington, N.C., a daughter, Susan 
Wayne Mitchell, and a brother, Earl H. Mitchell of Washington, N.C. 

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Military Rites For Sgt. Aldro Mitchell 

  Funeral services for M. Sgt. Aldro Wayne Mitchell, who died Saturday, were 
conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. John Mitchell, 
pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Chaplain B[mis-print] Carnes of 
Langley Field Air Force Base.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery will full 
military rites at the graveside. 

  A quartet composed of Senior M. Sgt. John F. Dyson, S. Sgt. Jerry C. 
Davison, M. Sgt. William Gicking and M. Sgt. Bertil F. Swanson sang "There'll 
be Peace in the Valley," accompanied on the organ by Mrs. J. Webb Pinner Jr. 
Mrs. Pinner also played an organ solo, "My Faith Looks Up To Thee." 

  The casket was covered with an American Flag and a pall of red and white 
carnations. 

  Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were members of Langley Squardron 4500, 
who attended in a body of 200 strong. 


MSG Aldro Wayne MITCHELL, USAF, WW-II veteran, 
b. 26 Feb 1913, Burlington, Alamance Co., NC, 
d. 16 Oct 1959, Langley AFB, Hampton, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 19 Oct 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 246, Sun., Oct. 18, 1959, p. 9; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 248, Tues., Oct. 20, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #190427603. 

D.Cert. 26227 (Chuckatuck #260) gives removed to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home. 

His parents, Jesse Lee & Lillie (HERBIN) MITCHELL, are buried in Pamlico 
   Memorial Gardens, Washington, Beaufort Co., NC. 


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