NAME: EDITH (YORK) MITCHELL, AGE 89, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 24, 1911 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO ERDA C. AND MELLIE (COOK) YORK. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 89 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928 AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT IN DECEMBER OF 1969.

MARRIED: ROBERT L. MITCHELL ON JUNE 29, 1932 IN GOODLAND, OK.

OCCUPATION: EDITH WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE TAUGHT FOR 9 YEARS IN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE AT TELLICO, WHICH IS EAST OF STRINGTOWN. SHE ALSO TAUGHT AND SUBSTITUTED FOR YEARS IN THE ATOKA SCHOOL SYSTEM.

CHURCH: MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, EASTERN STAR AND THE TUESDAY NIGHT BRIDGE CLUB FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER: SAMANTHA MITCHELL OF ARLINGTON, TX.

NIECE: CAROL FRESQUEZ OF NAPA, CA.

COUSINS: MAVIS YORK OF NORMAN, OK. AURELIUS CHIEF HARRISON OF NORMAN, OK. DENNIS YORK OF NORMAN, OK. KENNETH SWINNEY OF BLANCHARD, OK. BILL HARMON OF BLANCHARD, OK. VINITA FAUDREE OF ATOKA, OK.

SPECIAL FRIEND: JAN UNDERWOOD OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: ERDA AND MELLIE YORK. HUSBAND: ROBERT L. MITCHELL ON AUGUST 21, 1980. COUSIN: WILLIAM YORK.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2001 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. RON KING. ASSISTING: REV. GLEN THOMASON.

CASKETBEARERS: JAMES HARRISON, JERRY HARRISON, GENE HARRISON, TOMMY HARRISON, BILLY SAMPLE, ROGER SAMPLE, KELLY SAMPLE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GEORGE BREWSTER, ANTHONY CLAYTON, DAVID DOWNING, CODY MILLER, PHILLIP MILLER, LEWIS PENICK, ROBERT TURNER, MED UNDERWOOD.