by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: THURSDAY, January 7, 1993 TAG: 9301070328 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
MITCHELL, JOHN WILLIAM
MITCHELL, John William, 89, of Roanoke, died January 5, 1993 after a long illness. He was known as Bill to his many friends, but was daddy Bill to his immediate family. Born at Elk Creek in Grayson County, he was the son of the late Thomas William and Ada Delp Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell spent most of this working days in McDowell County, W.Va., where he retired from Purity Baking Co. in Welch and then moved to Roanoke, where he worked for the Macke Co. (Service America) for almost 20 years. Mr. Mitchell was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for a number of years. He is survived by his wife of 54 1/2 years, Alice Robertson Mitchell; two sons and their wives, Thomas B. and Charlotte Peery Mitchell, Charleston, W.Va., John H. and Martha M. Mitchell, Colonial Heights; three granddaughters, Kathy Wolfe and husband, Doug, Dunbar, W.Va., Karen and Mindy Mitchell, Charleston, W.Va.; two grandsons, Scott Mitchell, Radford University, Radford; Thomas Mitchell, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg; one great-grandson, James Mitchell Wolfe, Dunbar, W.Va.; two brothers and their wives, James and Mary Mitchell, Memphis, Tenn., Earl P. and Nita Mitchell, Montgomery, Ala.; two sisters, Ruth Snelbaker, Fairfax, Anna Edwards, Oxford, Pa. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest that memorials be made to First Christian Church, 344 Church Ave., S.W., Roanoke, Va. 24016. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Oakey's North Chapel with the Rev. James E. Rivers officiating. Interment will be 1 p.m. Friday in the Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery, Grayson County. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel.