Letha Mae Mitchell

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SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 10 October 1996 page 1

FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY FOR LETHA WILKINSON 99

Funeral services for 99 year old Letha Mitchell Wilkinson will be held today at 2:00 o'clock at the Liberty Hill Baptist Church.

Mrs. Wilkinson died late Monday, at the San Augustine Memorial Medical Center after suffering a heart attack 10 days before. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren celebrated her 99th birthday at her bedside on September 30.

Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J.R. Bob Gwin, Rev. Lous Dane and her son Dr. Milton D. Wilkinson.

Burial will be in the Liberty Hill Cemetery under direction of the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.

Mrs. Wilkinson was born September 30, 1897, in San Augustine County and has spent most of her life as a resident of the County. She was a daughter of the late Joe and Susan Drawhorn Mitchell. She was a homemaker and enjoyed her gift of "making things grow." She and her sister, the late Della Hines, prided themselves in their gardening success, and she was known throughout the area for her ability to memorize and recite poetry up to a few years ago.

Mrs. Wilkinson was a long time member of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church and was a member of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include daughters, Doris Jean Fuller of Geneva in Sabine County and Tommie Mae Lott Kovar of San Augustine; and son Dr. Milton D. Wilkinson of Center; 12 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Sam Hattman, Clifford McDonald, Roger McGough, John Mitchell, Nay Smith, Rodney Horn.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

An abbreviated version of this obituary was also published in THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, October 16, 1996, page 12

Letha married Rev. Johnny Eugene Wilkinson on 16 Dec 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas. Johnny (son of James Gipson Wilkinson and Eliza Josephine Malone) was born on 24 Apr 1892 in Texas; died on 25 Oct 1956 in Bexar County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Groom's Name: Eugene Wilkinson Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Letha Mitchell Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1917 Marriage Place: San Augustine, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75269-0 System Origin: Texas-EASy Source Film Number: 1003682 Reference Number: 341 Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973

1. Milton Davis Wilkinson was born on 13 Oct 1918 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 28 Mar 2010 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas.
2. Tommie Mae Wilkinson was born on 10 Jan 1925 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 30 Jan 2021 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas.
3. Doris Jean Wilkinson was born after 1935; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

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Name: Joe Mitchell
Death Date: 04 Mar 1934
Death Place: San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 83 years 2 months 1 day
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Jan 1851
Birthplace: Georgia
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J.J. Mitchell
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: City Cemetery
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 05 Mar 1934
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115988
Digital Film Number: 4165961
Image Number: 1794
Reference Number: cn 14903
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Joe married Susan "Sue" Priscilla Drawhorn. Susan was born on 12 Aug 1856 in Texas; died on 25 May 1921 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]