Othel V. MITCHELL

1903 - 1955  (52 years)

• Name	Othel V. MITCHELL
  Born	4 Jan 1903	Marion Co, Mo.
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 May 1955	St. Louis, Mo
  Buried	11 May 1955	Greenwood Cemetary, Palmyra, Mo.
  Person ID	I7	Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Frances Kathryn TAYLOR,   b. 23 Nov 1905, Marion Co. Mo. ,   d. 26 Apr 1985, Prescott, Az  (Age 79 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1930	LaGrange, Missouri
  Notes	"YOUNG COUPLE SURPRISES FRIENDS "The marriage of Miss Kathryn Taylor and Othel V. Mitchell on New Year's eve came as a surprise to their many friends in this city and county. While close friends understood that the couple were engaged they did not know that they intended to be married at this time. The wedding ceremony was quietly performed by the Rev. Harold Hunt, pastor of the Bethel Baptist church at his home at LaGrange about eleven o'clock in the evening. The young people were accompanied by Eugene Taylor, brother of the bride, and Vernon Brinkley. Mrs Mitchell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Taylor of north of this city. For several years she has been teaching school in Chicago and the marriage occurred while she was home on a Christmas vacation. Mr. Mitchell is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mitchell and until recently was associated with his father in conducting a bus line between this city and Quincy. It is understood the young couple will make their home in Chicago." -- Palmyra Spectator, Jan ?, 1931 Until, I saw the above clipping, I never knew that Kathryn and Othel had ben married with such haste and secrecy, although, now that I think of it, there were never any wedding pictures in evidence. I wonder what my grandparents, particularly my grandmother, thought about their only daughter's depriving them of the chance to give her a big wedding? I don't think that the marriage was a great success. Othel apparently drank excessively on occasion. She was a teatotalling Southern Baptist. He liked hunting, fishing, and being "with the boys." She liked the symphony, opera, and clothes. She didn't particularly like to cook. They never had any children. She taught throughout her marriage. Was this because he was sometimes unemployed or because she liked the luxuries afforded by two incomes? -- LKL
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Uncle Othel was one of my favorites. He always had a sense of humor and related well to kids. I wish I knew more about him. He apparently did not have very much education. He was always very thin and smoked a great deal, a fact that contributed to his death from lung cancer. He also had a propensity to go on alcoholic "benders." He apparently had one at the time I had meningitis. Kathryn was planning to come to help out, but had to stay home to sort him out. I can remember, even as a child, wondering how Kathryn and Othel had met, what made them marry, and what kept them together because they had such differing interests. He loved to go fishing while the symphony was her thing; he liked pops; she loved classical music; she was serious; he loved to kid around. Why didn't they have children? They were both quite good with children. "Funeral Rites Here for O.V. Mitchell "Funeral services for Othel V. Mitchell, 52, formerly of Palmyra were held Wednesday afternoon at Lewis Brothers Funeral home, with the Rev. W.E. Sutterfield pastor of the First Baptist church in charge. "Mrs Wayne Buckwalter was vocalist with Mrs. G.B. Lewis at the piano. "Pallbearers were Dallis Gosn[?]ey, Dick Crane, Lynn Hutcherson, John B. White, William Owsley, Jr. and Albert Durand. "Mr. Mitchell passed away at 8[?]:15 Monday morning, May 9, at Barnes hospital in St. Louis. He had been in ill health for several months and submitted to lung surgery in April. "The only child of A.S. and Minnie Loudermilk Mitchell, he was born January 4, 1903. He attended local schools and for a number of years he was associated with his father in a garage and bus enterprise here. "About 10 years ago, he moved to St. Louis. "He was married to Miss Catherine [sic.] Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Taylor of Palmyra, who survives. Miss Nannie Loudermilk of Palmyra is an an aunt. "His mother preceded him in death in May, 1935, and his father died February 12, 1944." -- Palmyra Spectator, May 12, 1955.