Washington County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Gladys Clara Phillips Mitchell

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Gladys Clara Phillips Mitchell
    CLINTWOOD -- Gladys Clara Phillips Mitchell, age 103, of Heritage Hall 
Health Care, formerly of Birchleaf, Va., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003, at 
Jenkins Community Hospital, Kentucky. Born June 18, 1899, in Edinburgh, 
Scotland, where her parents were later killed during World War I, she then 
moved to Montreal Canada when she was 13. She later met and married William 
"Bill" Mitchell and traveled to Virginia and liked it so much they made it 
their home. She attended Bristol Business College, worked as a private 
secretary for the store manager of Clinchfield Coal Company Store and later 
worked as a secretary for Powers Chevrolet and then Colley-Rife Chevrolet. She 
was a member of Dickenson 1st Presbyterian Church where she served as treasurer, 
played the piano and taught Sunday School. Her church membership started in the 
1930s, first at Steinman then at Haysi. Mrs. Mitchell resided at her home in 
Birchleaf for many years until 1989, when she became ill and spent her 
remaining years at Heritage Hall Health Care in Clintwood. In addition to her 
parents, she was preceded in death by her husband in 1977. 
     Mrs. Mitchell had no surviving relatives but is survived by a host of 
friends who loved her dearly.
    Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, at 
Dickenson 1st Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Whitner, Rev. Ross Lindley and 
Rev. Richard Hicks officiating. Burial will follow in the Holston Conference 
Cemetery, Emory, Va. Friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends will be 
received Wednesday, Feb. 19, after 6 p.m. where a service will be held at 
7 p.m. at Haysi Funeral Home.
    Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.