Joel Dixon Mitchell

Joel Dixon Mitchell

• Joel Dixon Mitchell was born on 11 October 1893 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas.
• He married Lela Bell Sandefur, daughter of Patrick Washington Sandefur and Lela Francis Pegues, circa 1914.
• Joel Dixon Mitchell registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Hopkins County, Texas, while living with his wife in Sulphur Springs, self-employed there as proprietor of S. S. Bottling Works.
• Joel Dixon Mitchell died on 10 March 1958 at age 64 in Kansas City, Missouri.
• His wife Lela Bell Sandefur became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Grace Hill Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 11 March 1958 in the Greenville Herald Banner: Funeral services for J. Dixon Mitchell, Kansas City, Missouri, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Welch Funeral Home Chapel in Longview, Texas.
       Mr. Mitchell, a brother of Mrs. Marvin Love and an uncle of Raymond Gray, Greenville, died Monday morning in Kansas City.
       Burial will be in Longview with nephews acting as pallbearers.
       Born and reared in Greenville, Mr. Mitchell was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Mitchell. He attended Greenville schools and Texas A. & M. College and for the past 30 years had been a resident of Kansas City where he had served as superintendent of the Coca-Cola Bottling plant.
       He was married to the former Lela Sandifur of Longview.
       Survivors include his widow; one son, J. Dixon Mitchell Jr., Atlanta, Ga; his sister, Mrs. Love; his nephew, Raymond Gray of Greenville and other relatives.

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders