OBITUARY NAME: BARBARA ANN (GUNTER) MITCHELL AGE 65, A RESIDENT OF TUSHKA FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS BORN: JUNE 25, 1943 TO JAMES ELMO GUNTER AND WANDA LEA SOLES-WHITLEY GUNTER IN NASHVILLE, TN PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009 IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK AGE : 65 YEARS 9 MONTHS 19 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN A NUMBER OF PLACES, INCLUDING PLAINVIEW, LEVELLAND, MORTON AND AMARILLO, TX, AND BLYTHE CA, SHE GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961 MARRIED: LEROY MITCHELL ON FEBRUARY 1, 1960 IN ATOKA, OK OCCUPATION: BARBARA WAS A BOOKKEEPER AND PART TIME REPORTER FOR MERCED SUN-STAR DAILY NEWSPAPER, LOS BANOS, CA., AS WELL AS A FULL TIME WIFE, MOTHER AND HOMEMAKER. HOBBIES: SHE LOVED TAKING CARE OF FAMILY AND HOME AND SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS. BARBARA WAS A FAMILY GENEALOGIST AND HISTORIAN, AVID READER WHO LOVED BOOKS AND MUSIC. HOBBIES INCLUDED SPORTS, BOTH PARTICIPATING AND WATCHING, CROCHETING AND DOING CRAFTS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF LOS BANOS GENEALOGY SOCIETY FOR MANY YEARS AND CARD CLUBS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: LEIGH ANNE FARLEY AND HUSBAND JOE OF TEMPLETON, CA J. DEWAYNE MITCHELL AND FIANCE LAURIE RICHARDSON OF COMMANCE, OK MICHAEL MITCHELL AND WIFE STELLA OF GOODYEAR, AZ LARRY MITCHELL AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF LOS BANOS, CA GRANDCHILDREN: BRITTANY ROSENTHAL, JANAE ROSENTHAL, RHIANNON MITCHELL, JASON MITCHELL, CECILIA NOTSCHENBACHER AND HUSBAND NILES, REESHAH MITCHELL, MEKAHAH MITCHELL, LEE MITCHELL AND COURTNEY MITCHELL GREAT GRANDSON: CAMERON MICHAEL EDWARDS BROTHER: CHARLES GUNTER AND WIFE MARSHA OF PIEDMONT, OK SISTER: KATHLEEN NELSON OF AMARILLO, TX ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED BY HUSBAND: LEROY MITCHELL PARENTS: WANDA LEA (SOLES-WHITLEY) GUNTER AND JAMES E. GUNTER BROTHER: JAMES R. GUNTER NEPHEW: CHARLES HARRY GUNTER ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009 AT 11:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL OFFICIATING: BRO ARVEL HALL INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY CASKETBEARERS: DEWAYNE MITCHELL, LARRY MITCHELL, CHARLES GUNTER, CARL MITCHELL, BOBBY MITCHELL, JERRY LEE MITCHELL HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: D.A. WILSON, MICHAEL MITCHELL, JERRY MITCHELL FAMILY NIGHT, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY E-MAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK