Dorothy Lee Garrard

Dorothy Lee Garrard

• Father: John Lucius Garrard
• Mother: Gertha Faires

• Dorothy Lee Garrard was born on 11 January 1915 in Georgia.
• She married Russell Flewellen Mitchell, son of Jule Carnes Mitchell and Ellen Jane Hardin, on 24 March 1935.
• Dorothy Lee Garrard and Russell Flewellen Mitchell 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 Dorothy Lee Garrard, Russell Flewellen Mitchell.
• Dorothy Lee Garrard became a widow at the 8 July 1965 death of her husband Russell Flewellen Mitchell.
• Dorothy Lee Garrard died on 21 November 2002 at age 87 in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, at Winthrop Nursing Center.
• She was interred at New Prospect Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia.
• The following appeared on 25 November 2002 in the Rome News-Tribune: Dorothy Lee Garrard Mitchell, 87, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at Winthrop Manor Nursing Center after a brief illnessl.
       Mrs. Mitchell was born Jan. 11, 1915, the fourth child of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Lucious Garrard's eight children. She was a 1934 graduate of Rome "Hilltoppers" High-school and a 1936 graduate of Draughtons School of Commerce, Atlanta. She was married on March 24, 1935, to Russell Flewellen "Tuck" Mitchell of Glennville, Ala. and they had three children: Martin Hardin Mitchell, who preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1997; Toamas Garrard Mitchell, who preceded her in death on Dec. 29, 2001; and Georgia Mitchell Thompson.
       Mrs. Mitchell served as a foster grandparent from 1989 to 1997 at the Adolescent Specialty Treatment Unit for young men at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital. On three separate occasions during her time at Northwest Georgia, she was elected as "Foster Grandparent of the Year." Mrs. Mitchelll will always be remembered for her flair for fashion as well as her love of writing poems, creating photo albums and documenting her family history.
       Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
       She is survived by her daughter, Georgia Mitchell Thompson of Phoenix, Ariz., two sisters, Mrs. Claude S. Lineberry of Rome, Mrs. Mary Ann Buchanan of Shelbyville, Tenn; one brother, Robert L. Garrard; five grandchildren, Mary Hardin Thornton of Rome, Kimberly Mitchell of Brooklyn, N.Y., David Mitchell of Atlanta, Matthew Mitchell of Sarasota, Fla., Jennifer Lee Thompson of Prescott, Ariz; and many loving nieces and nephews.

• Last Edited: 9 Nov 2012