Letha Mae Mitchell

1897 - 1996  (99 years)

• Name	Letha Mae Mitchell  [1, 2]
  Born	30 Sep 1897	San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Oct 1996	San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Buried	Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	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
  Person ID	I1165	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Joe Mitchell,   b. 3 Jan 1851, Georgia ,   d. 4 Mar 1934, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Susan "Sue" Priscilla Drawhorn,   b. 12 Aug 1856, Texas ,   d. 25 May 1921, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Johnny Eugene Wilkinson,   b. 24 Apr 1892, Texas ,   d. 25 Oct 1956, Bexar County, Texas  (Age 64 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1917	San Augustine County, Texas   [3]
  	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
  Children	1. Milton Davis Wilkinson,   b. 13 Oct 1918, San Augustine County, Texas ,   d. 28 Mar 2010, Austin, Travis County, Texas  (Age 91 years)   2. Tommie Mae Wilkinson,   b. 10 Jan 1925, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas ,   d. 30 Jan 2021, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas  (Age 96 years)   3. Doris Jean Wilkinson,   b. Aft 1935,   bur. McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Sep 1897 - San Augustine County, Texas Married - 16 Dec 1917 - San Augustine County, Texas Died - 7 Oct 1996 - San Augustine County, Texas Buried - - Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S728] ToledoChronicle.com, (Website http://www.toledochronicle.com/ The source for Real News and Information in the Toledo Bend Lake Area Serving Hemphill, Texas/Sabine County/San Augustine, Texas), Obit of Milton Wilkinson (Reliability: 3). [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.), 10 October 1996 page 1 (Reliability: 3). [S789] FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973.