Reverend Talmadge Walford “T. W.” MITCHELL, Jr.

1924 - 2014  (89 years)

• Name	Talmadge Walford “T. W.” MITCHELL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	17 Jul 1924	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [2, 7]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Camden, South Carolina of Sumter, South Carolina Is Talmadge spelled correctly? Is it spelled Talmage? jkh Talmage W. Mitchell Jr. • Share Share Print Create a hardcopy of this page Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:00 am The Rev. Talmage Wadford “T.W.” Mitchell Jr., 89, husband of Alice W. Mitchell, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at the home of his daughter. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Talmage W. Sr. and Felicia Heckel Mitchell. He was a 1943 graduate of Edmunds High School. Rev. Mitchell was a minister of the Church of the Nazarene from 1949 to 2013. He served at Bishopville Church of the Nazarene, Columbia Grace Church of the Nazarene, Camden First Church of the Nazarene and Batesburg Church of the Nazarene. He served for 22 years at Ashwood Church of the Nazarene. He also served on many district church boards. During his early years in the ministry, he also worked as a mechanic for Courtwright Chevrolet in Sumter. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II and a member of the Brohun Lake Fishing Club. He was a very devoted and loving husband, father, and grandfather. Survivors include his wife of 66 years; three daughters, Dale Mitchell Mellish of Batesburg, Delores Parnell (Gene) of Camden and Denise M. Steele (Frankie) of Batesburg; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren, along with the awaited arrival of two more great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, the Rev. Bob Mitchell and Danny Mitchell, both of Erin, Tenn., and the Rev. Ralph “Skipper” Mitchell (Audrey) of Edgewood, Texas; two sisters, Virginia Copeland (Warren) of Catlett, Va., and Jeanette Hoskins of Erin; a brother-in-law, John Baker; a sister-in-law, Catherine Mitchell Parrish; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Annette Mitchell, Meddie Barwick and Jeanne Baker; three brothers, John Mitchell, Richard Mitchell and Billy Mitchell; sisters-in-law, Audrey Mitchell, Becky Mitchell and Emmaline Mitchell; and a brother-in-law, Robert Barwick. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Sumter First Church of the Nazarene with Dr. Eddie Estep, Dr. Jim Thrower and the Rev. Elizabeth Newman officiating. Burial with military honors will be in the Sumter Cemetery. Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be nieces, nephews, Bill Christmas, Ernest Christmas, Kenny Mims, Alex Troublefield, Josey Copeland, Carlisle White, Steve Barwick and Delano Rogers. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Sumter First Church of the Nazarene and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to the D. Moody Gunter Camp and Retreat Center Church of the Nazarene, Dining Hall Fund, 1420 Nazarene Road, Batesburg, SC 29006. The family would like to express their thanks to Lexington Medical Center and Advantage Hospice for all of their care and support. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Thursday, April 24, 2014  [2, 3, 4, 5, 8]
  MILI	World War II  [5]
  _UID	848229C841624F7AAF1EF677E753BC8A1DDE
  Death	22 Apr 2014	at the home of his daughter
  Burial	25 Apr 2014	Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [8]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I62975	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Talmadge Walford MITCHELL, Sr.,   b. 11 Apr 1897, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 22 May 1956, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mattie Felicia “Felicia” HECKEL,   b. 11 Oct 1901, St. Matthews, South Carolina d. 27 Jul 1976, Kershaw County Memorial Hosptial, Kershaw County, South Carolina (Age 74 years)
  _UID	71639797F613448DBC99A8D69C127BA77F30
  _UID	71639797F613448DBC99A8D69C127BA77F30
  Family ID	F44274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice WITHERSPOON,   b. 2 Nov 1927, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 25 Feb 2018, at the home of her daughter (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1947  [5]
  _UID	14FF8DDFEA1E4944A182F5A8F89BA7435198
  _UID	14FF8DDFEA1E4944A182F5A8F89BA7435198
  Children	1. Dale MITCHELL   2. Delores MITCHELL   3. Denise MITCHELL
  Family ID	F44317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2012

  
  

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