Victor Carlisle Mitchell

b. 18 August 1940, d. 18 April 2009
  • Victor Carlisle Mitchell was born on 18 August 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Victor Carlisle Mitchell died on 18 April 2009 at age 68 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at St. Luke's Hospital.
  • He was interred at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
  • The following appeared on 22 April 2009 in The News Star: Funeral services for Victor Carlisle Mitchell, age 68, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 23, 2009 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Monroe. Reverend Mark Fenn will officiate. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home.
         Victor was born August 18, 1940, in Houston, TX to William Carlisle Mitchell and Eulagenia Smith Mitchell, and he passed away on April 18, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, TX from complications following a heart procedure.
         Victor graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in finance. He played golf for the University of Houston and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. After graduating in 1964, Victor moved to Riverdale, New York and worked for Hayden Stone Brokerage Firm as a stock analyst training to be a stock broker. He moved to Monroe and began his career as a stock broker at Schneider, Bernet, and Hickman. He also worked for Merrill Lynch, AG Edwards, Edward Jones, and Raymond James.
         Victor was an avid golfer and played tournaments throughout the South. He loved to hunt and ride horses. He won his division several times in the Northeast Louisiana Cutting Horse Association. He was a part time rancher at his ranch, Casa de Campo, in Monroe. He had a very kind heart and loved his family very much.
         Victor is preceded in death by his parents, William Carlisle Mitchell and Eulagenia Smith Mitchell; brother, William Eugene Mitchell; and daughter-in-law, Jody Dugas Mitchell.
         He is survived by his son, John Patrick Mitchell and wife, Susan of Monroe, LA; daughters, Marianna Mitchell Leija and husband, Adolfo of Los Angeles, CA, and Victoria Marie Mitchell of Monroe, LA; grandchildren, Maxwell Cannon Mitchell, Hannan Marie Mitchell, Cole Brandon Thomas, and Evan Jae Thomas; nephew, David Mitchell of Houston, TX; nieces, Laura Mitchell and Emily Mitchell Covey of Houston, TX; and sister, Dusky Ann Phillips of Camilla, TX.
         Pallbearers will be Rick Busher, Taylor Cagle, Grant Ethridge, John Lauve, Jr., Drew Proctor, and Carlton Wade.
         Honorary Pallbearers will be Jerome Alexander, Clark Boyce, Ralph Brockman, Dickie Crow, Darrell Garrison, James Harris, Tom King, John Lauve, Sr., Cliff Lawrence, Joe Ledoux, Dennis Marchman, Paul Mattingly, John Pruitt, Don Scott, Mike Smith, and John Van Veckhoven.
         In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Victor Mitchell Memorial Fund at Community Trust Bank.
         Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, 1200 Lamy Lane, Monroe, LA.
  • Last Edited: 3 Apr 2013