Obituary Record

Mrs. Ettie Bookter Mitchell passed away Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock, a patient at the local King's Daughters Hospital. Mrs. Mitchell had been in poor health for some time and finally taken ill until she was taken care of at the hospital.

A resident of Bay St. Louis for many years, Mrs. Mitchell was well and widely acquainted and at the time of her death was 73 years old.

Some years ago Mrs. Mitchell was married to Dr. Luvic Mitchell a resident dentist of this city. He preceded her to the grave some years ago. Dr. Mitchell, like his wife, came from an old and established family with a fine background.

To this union one son was born, Luvic Mitchell, who, with his family, survive.

Mrs. Bookter Mitchell resided in Bookter avenue, this strip of land given to the city as a thoroughfare by her father and mother who owned the entire tract of land in its original entirety. Hence the avenue given by her parents was named for the family.

In her young years she took active part in many local activities and was possessed of unusual literary talent, and was one of the organizers of the former Bay St. Louis Literary Club in the nineties. Her papers were noted for their originality and beauty of thought and won for her recognition as a woman of more than ordinary ability.

Rev. J. E. Gray of the Main Street Methodist church conducted the funeral ceremony from the Fahey Funeral Home, Union Street, Tuesday afternoon and burial was in Cedar Rest cemetery. Many friends and acquaintances gathered to pay respect to her memory and in tribute to her worth and the flowers that marked the last resting place well served as a beautiful testimonial to a splendid woman.

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