Loretta Mitchell

(From White Funeral Home)

Loretta Jeane Mitchell, age 93, passed away on Friday, October 27, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her family.

Mrs. Mitchell, daughter of Thomas Hart Benton and Eva (Gemmecke) Smith, was born on January 10, 1924. She was born in Thomas Hollow on a farm homesteaded by her father, and grew up during the Depression and the drought. She married Seligman native Clyde Mitchell on November 29, 1945, in Miami, Oklahoma. They moved to Seligman in 1954 where Clyde worked at the Bank of Seligman and eventually purchased it in 1986. During the time of their ownership of the bank, Loretta worked side-by-side with her husband in the bank, in addition to raising their four children, maintaining her garden, and helping her husband with their farm. She was always involved with her children and grandchildren’s activities, and rarely missed any of their games. Since 1954, Loretta has been a member of the First Baptist Church, in Seligman.

Survivors include two sons, Burl B. Mitchell and his wife Debra, of Cassville, and Charlie James Mitchell and his wife Lisa, of Seligman; two daughters, Sandra Jean Tilford and her husband Darrel, of Seligman, and Mary Jane Davis and her husband Gary, of Cassville; nine grandchildren, Tosha Tillford, of Seligman, Craig Davis and his wife Crystal, of Neosho, Casandra Cothran-Zolan and her husband Matt, of Montgomery, Texas, Vanessa Armstrong and her husband Clint, of McAlester, Oklahoma, Preston Mitchell, of Cassville, Jessica Lombard and her husband Stuart, of Wheaton, Caleb Mitchell and his wife Melissa, of Seligman, Michaela Hayworth and her husband Travis, of Seligman, and Shannon Mitchell, of Seligman; twelve great-grandchildren; and one great-great granddaughter.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Clyde on November 28, 1998, and two sisters, Mary Frieda Hendon and Wilma Dean Williams.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 30, 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Seligman, with Pastor Bob Scott officiating; burial to follow at Seligman City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until service time at the church.

In lieu of flowers the family request memorial contributions be made to the First Baptist Church in Seligman and entrusted to the White Funeral Home and Crematory P. O. Box 890, Cassville, MO 65625.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the White Funeral Home and Crematory, Cassville, Missouri.