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DATE: Wednesday, April 17, 1996              TAG: 9604170320
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: COLERAIN                           LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

MYRTLE L. MITCHELL

Myrtle Long Mitchell, 74, of the 100 block of Cedar St., died April 16, 1996, in Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, N.C.

She was a homemaker and a native of Columbus County, N.C. She was a member of Colerain Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Norman Elvin Mitchell; sister, Ora Lee Simmons of Lumberton, N.C.; two brothers, Rowland Long of Clarkton, N.C., and Royal Long of Whiteville, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Robert M. Kelley in Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie. Entombment will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Lumberton. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Memorial donations may be made to the Colerain Rescue Squad, Colerain, 27924.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB