Russell Flewellen Mitchell

Russell Flewellen Mitchell

• Father: Jule Carnes Mitchell b. 8 October 1868, d. 27 January 1916
• Mother: Ellen Jane Hardin b. 29 March 1871, d. 14 April 1944

• Russell Flewellen Mitchell was born on 16 February 1905 in Alabama.
• He was known as Tuck.
• Jule Carnes Mitchell and Ellen Jane Hardin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, at 1527 Second Avenue. Other members of the household included Russell Flewellen Mitchell, Josiah Law Mitchell, Jule Carnes Mitchell Jr., Georgia Flewellen Mitchell, Ellen H. Mitchell, Hardin Mitchell, Georgia Alberta Flewellen and Mattie Flewellen.
• Ellen Jane Hardin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, at 1949 Hamilton Avenue. Other members of the household included Russell Flewellen Mitchell, Hardin Mitchell, Georgia Flewellen Mitchell and Joseph Arthur Lynch.
• He married Dorothy Lee Garrard, daughter of John Lucius Garrard and Gertha Faires, on 24 March 1935.
• Russell Flewellen Mitchell and Dorothy Lee Garrard were living in Atlanta in 1935.
• Jule Carnes Mitchell Jr. and Emily Pitts appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Glenville, Russell County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Russell Flewellen Mitchell, Dorothy Lee Garrard.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1940 census.
• Russell Flewellen Mitchell died on 8 July 1965 at age 60 in Floyd County, Georgia.
• His wife Dorothy Lee Garrard became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia.
• The following appeared on 8 July 1965 in the Rome News-Tribune: Russell T. (Tuck) Mitchell, a Floyd County probation officer, died at 11 a. m. today in a Rome hospital following an attack suffered a short time earlier at the county courthouse.
       Mr. Mitchell resided on Mitchell Road, Rome Rte. 2. A native of Alabama, he joined the Floyd County Superior Court probation staff in October of 1958 and had served in that capacity since. Prior to that he hwas employed as a salesman by Rome furniture stores.
       He served in the United States Marine Corps prior to World War II. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Daniel Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence of the late Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Garrard on Wade Circle.
       Mr. Mitchell was married to the former Dorothy Garrard.
       Other survivors include two sons, Martin (Buddy) Mitchell, of Rome; Tommy Mitchell, serving with the U. S. Marine Crops, Camp Lejeune, N. C; a daughter, Miss Georgia Mitchell, Rome, and other survivors.

• Last Edited: 9 Nov 2012