Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, April 23, 1993 TAG: 9304230366
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE:
DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
OBIT-MITCHELL, HARRIET W.
MITCHELL, Harriet W., 87, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, April 22, 1993 in
Stonewall Jackson Hospital. She was born in Bedford on July 15, 1905, the
daughter of the late Harry C. Watson and Dolly Major Watson. She was a member
of R. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Walter B. Mitchell on May 15, 1970, and a son, Robert B. Mitchell Sr.
on September 20, 1990. She is survived by three grandsons, Robert B. Mitchell
Jr., Buena Vista, Phillip Shawn Mitchell, Charlottesville and Tech. Sgt. Mark
C. Mitchell, USAF, Fayetteville, N.C.; two sisters, Margaret Moon and Beverly
Armbruster, both of Covington; six great-grandchildren. A service of
remembrance will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24, 1993, at R. E. Lee
Memorial Episcopal Church, Lexington, with graveside services to follow at
2:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Church Cemetery, Bedford, with the Rev. David Cox, the
Rev. Holmes Irving, the Rev. Sally Dover and the Rev. Dr. Barbara Taylor
officiating. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon at the home of
the grandson, Robert B. Mitchell Jr., 2262 Walnut Ave., Buena Vista. Memorials
may be made to the Universal Access Ability Fund, c/o R. E. Lee Memorial
Episcopal Church, 123 W. Washington St., Lexington, Va. 24450. Lomax Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements. Parking will be available next to the R. E.
Lee Memorial Episcopal Church on the Washington and Lee parking lot.
by CNB