Dateline: Laurinburg
Mr. John Earl Mitchell, 85, of 715 Atkinson St, died Saturday, January 2, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Wil I. Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.
Born April 10, 1913 in Southern Pines, he was a son of the late Joseph and Nannie Moore Mitchell.
He was the manager of Carolina Domestic Gas Company and a member of the First United Methodist Church where he was on the board of trustees. He was also a former member of the Laurinburg City Council and chairman of the Laurinburg Housing Authority.
He is survived by his wife; Margaret Peele Mitchell of the home, one daughter; Margaret M. Baker of Laurinburg, one son; John E. Mitchell, Jr. of Snellville, GA, one sister; Mary Frances Moore of Atlanta, GA, one brother; Kenneth B. Mitchell of Norcross, GA, four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
The family will be receiving friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Scotland County, P. O. Box 1033, Laurinburg, NC 28353 or to the First United Methodist Church, 101 W. Church St., Laurinburg, NC 28352
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