NAME: JOE EDMOND MITCHELL, AGE 69, OF LANE, FORMERLY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BORN: APRIL 20, 1929 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO ALBERT HARRISON AND TONY BELL (FITZGERALD) MITCHELL. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 69 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN AND ATOKA, WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 1949. HE LATER ATTENDED EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY AND SUNSET BIBLE COLLEGE. MARRIED: CONNIE FITE THOMPSON ON FEBRUARY 3, 1966 AT ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A MECHANIC FOR TIDWELL IMPLEMENT COMPANY AND NUMEROUS AUTO SHOPS IN THE AREA. HE HAD BEEN A MINISTER FOR OVER 30 YEAR, PREACHING AT BROKEN BOW, STRINGTOWN, WAPANUCKA, ATOKA, AND LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF BENTLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CONNIE MITCHELL OF THE HOME AT LANE, OK. CHILDREN: CAROL ANN (THOMPSON) MARTIN AND HUSBAND JAMES OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARK DUANE THOMPSON AND WIFE PAULINA OF OREGON. GRANDCHILDREN: JEFF MARTIN AND WIFE MARLYCE OF EDMOND, OK. DAVID SHAWN MARTIN AND WIFE MOLLIE OF DEL CITY, OK. AMY RENE THOMPSON OF DEL CITY, OK. JUSTIN THOMPSON OF ADA, OK. ANGELA DAWN THOMPSON OF OREGON. GREAT GRANDCHILD: ADDISON MARLYCE MARTIN. SISTERS: MINNIE CHESSER OF FREDERICK, OK. RUBY MARLEY OF YANISH, OK. BONNIE JOHNSTON OF LANE, OK. ALICE CHAFFIN THOMPSON OF JACKSONVILLE, FL. BROTHER: BUCK MITCHELL OF TEXAS. SISTERS-IN-LAW: MAMIE MITCHELL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PEARL MITCHELL OF LANE, OK. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: BEVERLY THOMPSON OF OKLAHOMA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALBERT AND TONY BELL MITCHELL. BROTHERS: JACK AND MILLARD MITCHELL. SISTERS: PEARL MITCHELL, EFFIE GRIGSBY, AND EDITH TIDWELL.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: MARK THOMPSON. ASSISTING: DWIGHT BIRDSONG. CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY TIDWELL, RICK HARDISON, MELVIN ISHMAEL, EDMOND MARLEY, CHUCK JOHNSON, RICHARD GARTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: B. J. TIDWELL, BOBBY RECTOR, JAMES THOMPSON, SHUG BLEDSOE, BILL COTHAM, BILL COBIN, WILBUR CRAVEY.