JOHN ELLIS MITCHELL


LOUISBURG - Funeral services for John Ellis Mitchell, 72, who died Wednesday, July 22, 2009, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, in the Richardson Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. James Barbour officiating. Burial will follow in Wake Forest Cemetery.

Surviving: wife, Lizzie Lee Mitchell of the home; daughters, Amelia Davis of Louisburg and Gloria Stewart of the home; sons, Jimmy Stewart of Macon, Ga., and Wilbert Stewart of Louisburg; sisters, Louise Perry, Elizabeth Johnson and Margaret Holmes, all of Wake Forest, Lena Barbour of Raleigh and Mary Shaw of Garner; brothers, Lannie Mitchell and Lucky Mitchell, both of Wake Forest, and Nathaniel Mitchell of Surprise, Ariz.; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Open visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 27, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.