OBITUARY NAME: LEROY MITCHELL AGE 66 A WAS RAISED IN ATOKA AND WAS A RESIDENT OF TUSHKA AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING BUT HE HAD SPENT MANY YEARS IN LOS BANOS, CA. . BORN: MAY 25, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. TO LEBERN MITCHELL AND DORA (COLE) MITCHELL PASSED AWAY: JANUARY 5, 2008 AT SOUTHEASTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK AGE: 66 YEARS 7 MONTHS 10 DAYS EDUCATION: LEROY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ATOKA GRADUATING IN 1959 AND ALSO ATTENDED NUMEROUS TRAINING SEMINARS RELATED TO HIS WORK MARRIED: HE MARRIED BARBARA ANN GUNTER ON FEBRUARY 1, 1960 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: LEROY WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR BOWLES FARMING CO. IN CALIFORNIA AND A MECHANIC AND A FIX-IT-ALL . CHURCH AFFILIATION: LEROY ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, HUNTING, FISHING , GOLFING AND FIXING THINGS. HE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. . SURVIVED BY WIFE: BARBARA MITCHELL OF THE HOME MOTHER: DORA MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK DAUGHTER: LEIGH ANNE FARLEY AND HUSBAND JOE OF TEMPLETON, CA DEWAYNE MITCHELL AND FIANCE LAURIE RICHARDSON OF DUNCAN, OK MICHAEL MITCHELL AND WIFE STELLA OF GOODYEAR, AZ LARRY MITCHELL AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF LOS BANOS, CA GRANDCHILDREN: BRITTANY ROSENTHAL OF MESA, AZ JANAE ROSENTHAL OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA RHIANNON MITCHELL OF PARIS, TX JASON MITCHELL OF PARIS, TX CECILIA MOTSCHENBACHER AND HUSBAND NILES OF TUMWATER, WA REESHAH MITCHELL OF PUYALLUP, WA MEKALAH MITCHELL OF GOODYEAR, AZ LEE MITCHELL OF LOS BANOS, CA COURTNEY MITCHELL OF LOS BANOS, CA GREAT GRANDSON: CAMERON MICHAEL EDWARD OF MESA, AZ SISTERS: LOLA WILSON AND HUSBAND DEE OF ELMORE CITY, OK DOROTHY HEATH AND HUSBAND ROD OF REDDING, CA BROTHERS: BUDDY MITCHELL OF COMANCHE, OK JERRY MITCHELL AND WIFE BILLYE OF COMANCHE, OK BOBBY MITCHELL OF COMANCHE, OK CARL MITCHELL AND WIFE MARGARET OF COMANCHE, OK AUNT: LEONA SANDBERG OF ATOKA, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: LEBERN MITCHELL BROTHER: BILLY MITCHELL ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL PALLBEARERS: CHARLES GUNTER, BOBBY MITCHELL, CARL MITCHELL, LARRY MITCHELL, DEWAYNE MITCHELL, MICHAEL MITCHELL HONORARY PALLBEARERS: BUDDY MITCHELL, JERRY MITCHELL, RODERICK HEATH, DEE WILSON FAMILY NIGHT~SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2008 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL 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